The team of Madhya Pradesh State Equestrian Academy outshone at Junior National Equestrian Championship, held at New Delhi.
The academy bagged 10 gold medals, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals. Besides, 13 riders won 23 medals in different categories. Raju Singh Bhadoria was adjudged the best rider under Children Group-2 apart from bagging 3 gold and 2 silver medals.
Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated all the winners. On Tuesday the winners had an interaction with Minister of Sports at TT Nagar Stadium.
Scindia said that it a very proud moment for State Sports. Praising the outstanding performance of the riders, Scindia said, “No stone will be left unturned in providing better facilities to sports and sportspersons.”
While presenting a good show at the championship Javed Khan won one gold medal under Young Rider Event and one bronze under Show Jumping. Paridhi Joshi won gold medal under junior category along with bagging two gold medals under Children group-1 in team event and show jumping event.
Under Children Group-1 Pranay Khare won two gold medals along with one silver medal. Amazingly, Pranay Khare holds sixth rank across the world in Federation Equestrian International Jumping Category C.
Amar Ali and Adarsh Rathore won silver and a bronze medal under Children Group-1 category respectively.
Akshat Joshi won two silver medals under Children Group-1. 11 year old Bholu Parmar won bronze medal. Anushka Shrivastava won a silver medal. Sudeepti Hezla won two gold medals. Further, Aditya Ashu Singh won silver medal, Arjun Singh won gold medal, and Heeral Joshi, won bronze medal under Children Group-2. All the players were trained and coached by Captain Bhagirath.