Teen aced Junior Olympics at age 10

 Agoura High School freshman Kushaal Tadepalli tossed the 4K-gram shot put a distance of 55 feet, 1.50 inches to win the youth boys’ gold medal at the USA Youth Nationals on July 6 in Edwardsville, Il.

Two days earlier he threw the 1K-gram discus 172 feet, 8 inches to win the bronze.

As a 10-year-old athlete in 2009, he won the gold medal on his final shot put throw at the USATF Junior Olympics in Greensboro, NC.

At Wichita in 2011, the 12-year-old Tadepalli seeded fourth yet won the gold medal, outdistancing the competition by more than 2 feet. When going into the finals after the first three attempts, he broke out the “spin technique” for the first time in meet competition.

He competes again at the National USATF Junior Olympics in Greensboro on July 22 to 28. At the event he will be joined by his twin sister and AHS freshman, Sahana Tadepalli, competing in discus.

source: http://www.theacron.com / The Acorn / Home> Sports / July 18th, 2013