Players of Madhya Pradesh Boxing Academy have bagged 9 medals including three gold, five silver and one bronze medal in the International Training cum Competition 2017 held in Russia.
The players gave a tough fight in the competition and exhibited an impressive show before the audience. It is to be noted that the players of Madhya Pradesh Boxing Academy are trained by Chief Coach of boxing academy Roshan lal.
The players represented team India at the International Training cum Competition 2017. Teams from Kazakhstan, Germany, Belarus, Russia and India were a part of the competition. The players bagged medals in different categories.
Players including Anjali (under 48 kgs), Tanvi (under 51 kgs) and Rahul Pasi (under 81 kgs) won the gold medals. Similarly, players including Divya (under 51 kgs), Mani Singh (under 54 kgs), Ayushi (under 57 kgs), Amit Kumar (under 60 kgs) and Rai Singh under (75 Kgs) won silver medals. Besides, player Manish won a bronze medal under category 69 kgs.
As the players exhibited a wonderful performance on an International platform and brought laurels to the State, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Department Yashodhara Raje Scindia expressed her contentment. Here on Tuesday, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare met the achievers at TT Nagar Stadium.
Appreciating the performance of the players, the Sports Minister said, “We are proud of our players who are winning the medal on international level and are making the State and country proud.” She also encouraged the players to give the same performance in the upcoming competitions and to win the medals.
On this occasion, Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain also encouraged the medal winners to perform with the same passion and stamina in all the competitions