While felicitating the boxing champion girls from the State, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashoda Raje Scindia said girls of Madhya Pradesh are making the nation proud.
Sarita Singh Tomar and Shruit Yadav who have won silver and bronze medals respectively, had called on the Minister recently at the TT Nagar stadium last month. Scindia congratulated both on their performances and asked them to keep up the good work.
Notably, the MP Boxing Academy player Sarita Singh Tomar in 57 Kilogram weight category and Shruti Yadav in 69 kilogram weight category participated in ‘five nations cup’ tournament at Serbia and won one silver and one bronze and made the nation and state proud.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain also felicitated both the players and wished them well for their future.
Tomar won the game by defeating a player from Kazakhstan in quarter finals and in semi finals won against Serbian player which fetched her silver medal. Shruti Yadav on the other hand won quarter finals against Serbian player and won bronze medals.
In the competition there were participants from 29 countries. This is the third time Shruti Yadav is participating in international event including world championship whereas Tomar is participating in an international event for the second time.
They both were trained under the Academy’s senior coach Roshanlal and assistant coach Neha Kashyap.