The equestrian brought laurels for the Madhya Pradesh State Equestrian Academy by winning 12 medals in the Equestrian Federation International (silver/bronze) tour and in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Equestrian tournament.
Academy’s Equestrian Pranay Khare has bagged a bronze medal in individual competition and a silver medal in the show jumping in the Equestrian Federation International (silver) tour event, Punjab.
Similarly, Adarsh Rathore of the academy has won a gold medal while Akshat Joshi won a silver medal in the Equestrian Federation International (bronze) tour event. Adarsh and Akshat also received one-one silver medal in the show jumping competition.
Sagar Tiwari and Javed Khan have won gold medals in the young rider show jumping competition.
Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia has expressed happiness over the achievement of the equestrians of the academy and has congratulated the equestrians.
Sports and Youth Welfare Director Upendra Jain has also expressed delight over the achievement of the equestrians.
Meanwhile, the archers of the MP State Archery Academy have bagged three gold medals and two silver medals in the national archery tournament, 2016 in Andhra Pradesh. This is the first time, when the archers of the academy have received medals in the national event.
Anushka Shrivastava has bagged three gold medals in the ranking round of the national tournament while Pranjal Agrawal has received a silver medal in the individual competition. Anushka Shrivastava and Harshit Rana have bagged a silver medal in the team event (mix doubles) of the competition. Sports Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia and Sports Director Upendra Jain congratulated the players for their achievements.