Manisha Keer, the talented player of the Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy, bagged a gold medal while continuing her brilliant performance in the Khelo India Youth Games. Manisha Keer earned this medal with Academy's player Anwar Khan along with 35 points in the Trap Mix Event.
Delhi finished second with 32 points and Maharashtra's player finished third with 30 points. This is the second gold medal of Manisha Keer in the India Youth Games. Prior to this, Manisha Kwwr has also won a gold medal to Madhya Pradesh in the Trap Women Individual event.
Besides, in the India Youth Games, the shooting academy's player Harshit Binjwa and Jabalpur's Shreya Agarwal pair put the bronze medal in Madhya Pradesh at the Under-21 class 10 meter air rifle mix event.
In the Youth Games, Indore's player Kanya Nayar has also given a bronze medal to Madhya Pradesh at Swimming 200 meters mid-day event. This is his second bronze medal. Prior to this, Kanya won a bronze medal in the 400m individual midfield race. Similarly, state weightlifting player Kanha Tyagi got 96 kilograms of weight and Judo player Rohit Kosta gave one bronze medal in Madhya Pradesh for one hundred kilograms.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen congratulated Manisha's brilliant performance in the world championship. The sports director said that an international level shooting academy has been set up in the capital, through which the sports players of the state are being provided world class sports facilities.
It is noteworthy that Manisha is trained under the guidance of Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy Technical Advisor and Chief Coach Mansher Singh.