Players from Madhya Pradesh (MP) Academy won the trophy for ‘Federation Cup’ national ranking chessboxing championship held at Salt lake Stadium, Kolkata from March 24 to 27. This is the second time when
Madhya Pradesh team has won the overall Championship where it bagged 19 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze medals.
The players participated in the competition under the leadership of coach Roshanlal. The state Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashoda Raje Scindia expressed her happiness and congratulated the winners.
The winners of the chessboxing championship called on Director of Sports and Youth Welfare department Upendra Jain who congratulated them and encouraged to win in future competitions too. He also said that one should train to sharpen their skills which will help win future competitions.
The sub junior players who won gold medal were Hitesh, Rahul, Saurav Yadav, Himanshu Shrivastav, Rishi, Rohan, Divya Pawar and Mahi lama. In the junior category Kishan Bahadur, Upasana Pandey, Ayushi, Deepakumari, Anjali Sharma and lucky Qureshi won 7gold medals.
In the senior category Anil Rokha, Vivek Jha, Mousin Qureshi, Ashutosh Tiwari and Kamla Roka won gold medals.
Similarly, players who own silver medal were Bhumi Chouhan, Jatin Yadav, Abhinav Bhargav, Aditya Tripati, Aadi, Bhupendra, Toshib Khan, Shruti Yadav, Shreya Gupta, Rohit Kahar, Shailedra Tripati and Vivek Dubey.
The players who won Bronze medals were Danish Singh, Ruchir Shrivas, Aayushi Awasti, lekh Raj, Tripesh Gayekwad, Yash Saraf, Amit Thakur and Raja Rai.