Ten players from Madhya Pradesh State Martial Arts and Judo Academy will exhibit their talent at a national platform. The players have been selected for the Senior National Competition 2019.
The competition will be held in Visakhapatnam on January 7. The players who have been selected include Sandeep Raikwar, Vijay Chaudhary, Rahul Mishra, Deepak Mishra, Shubham Rajput, Jaiprakash Yadav, Arun Verma, Antim Yadav, Shivani Yadav, Yamini Maurya, Mahima Pathak, Juhi Singh, Naushin Khan, Nandini Devale.
It is to be noted that the players left for participating in the senior national competition with 18-member judo team of Madhya Pradesh, along with Coach Geetika Pant and assistant coach Vijay Shankar Pandey.
Prior to participating in the competition, the players were asked to play the game with confidence and enthusiasm. The Sports and Youth Welfare Director S.L. Thoussen congratulated the selected players and wished them luck. The sports director has asked the players to exhibit their brilliant performance at the senior national competition and encouraged the players.
The players are trained under the guidance of Kamala Rawat, the Chief Coach of the International Coach and Judo Academy.
It is worth noting that the players who have won gold medal in state level judo competition held in Indore in the last few days have been selected for the senior national competition. It is also noteworthy that in the state level judo competition, the boys and girls players of the Academy have been the winning team in the junior and senior categories.