The 18th National Federation Cup Junior Athletics Championship had a grand closure at TT Nagar Stadium on Wednesday.
In this three-day national competition, Haryana became the over all champions of competition, scoring 169 points. Also, the boys and girls team championship was also bagged by Haryana State.
Haryana secured first place in the National Federation Cup Junior Athletics Championships by winning 11 Gold, 10 Silver and 4 Bronze medals, Tamil Nadu Second with 5 Gold, 2 Silver and 5 Bronze medals and Kerala secured third position by earning 3 Gold, 3 Silver and one Bronze medal.
Madhya Pradesh ranked fourth with 7 medals including 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
One national and one meet record was made on the last day of the competition. Haryana player Amit made a national record by completing the race in the time of 10: 000 meters walking speed in 40: 40.97 seconds. He was awarded the Best Athlete Award at the Championship.
Similarly, in the 3000 meter race of girls category, the player of Rajasthan, Chatru, made a new meet record by taking a time of 9: 45.87 seconds. In the championship, Delhi's Taranjit Kaur was awarded the best athlete award in the girls' category.
Sports Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia expressed her contentment on Madhya Pradesh got the opportunity to host the 18th National Federation Cup Junior Under-20 Athletics Championship. In which the President of Athletics Federation, Adil Sumariwala has contributed significantly.
She said that such events will be held continuously in Madhya Pradesh. This will give the players an opportunity to showcase their talent, while many star players like Heema Das from Madhya Pradesh will unfurl the country at the international level. He said that such national events will be held continuously in future.
She informed that our players like Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Chinki Yadav, Harshita Tomar, Mehul Kushnani and Khushpreet Kaur are making the country and the state proud at the international level due to the high performance of players getting through the sports academies of Madhya Pradesh. She thanked everyone and congratulated the players for the successful conduct of the championship.
The medal winning players and teams of various events showcased her talent under the competition, Adil Sumariwala, President of the Athletics Federation of India and Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia was awarded with medal and trophy.
On this occasion, Principal Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare Pankaj Rag, Vice Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi Technological University, Dr. Sunil Kumar, Arjun and Dronacharya Awardee Rajinder Singh, GL Yadav, Captain Dalbir Singh and other sports coaches, AFI vice-president Mumtaz Khan and other sports officials and a large number of players were present.