The players of Madhya Pradesh State Waters Sports Academy performed brilliantly and won the WTA Sports Academy’s runner-up trophy at 5th National Canoe Slalom Championship. The players of academy won 24 medals including 15 gold, 8 silver and one bronze.
The 5th National Canoe Slalom Championship was held in Maheshwar from February 23 to 25. Academy player Vishwajit Kushwaha won the highest score by winning 6 gold medals.
State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated the medal winners while appreciating the spectacular performance of the players.
Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Upendra Jain told that with the view to promote Water Sports and by the the initiative of Sports Minister, the Cano Slalom Course has been started in Maheshwar, which has a meaningful outcome.
Due to high levels of training and modern game resources being provided to the players, the academy players are winning medals by performing well in national competitions.
Notably, the players won medals in different categories. In the K-1 and Under-16 competition of the boys category Rahul Kewat won a gold medal. Player Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha won one gold each in the C-1 Open and C-1 under-23 category. Under-16 and pair compeitition Prince Parmar and Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha won the C-2 and Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha and Champa Maurya won a gold medal in the mixed C-2 competition. Academy girl Champa Maurya earned a gold medal in the C-1 Open competition in the Girls category.
In the K-1 competition of Under 16 event Aakash Batham, Prince Parmar and Rahul Kavte won silver medals under boys category. In girls category Champa Maurya won one silver medal under the same event.
In the Canoe Free Style competition players Rahul Kevet K-1, Prince Parmar under 16, Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha, C-1 Under-23, Vishal Kavte C-1 Under-16, Prince Parmar and Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha in pair C-2, Champa Maurya in C-1 and Vishwajit Singh Kushwaha and Champa Maurya won gold medals each.
In the same category, Akash Batham won the silver medal in K-1, Rahul Kevat C-1 under-16 and Champa Maurya won silver medals. In the championship K-1 Under-16 competition, Vishal Kevat earned a bronze medal.