The players of Madhya Pradesh State Archery Academy Aditya Upadhyay and Amit Kumar exhibiting a brilliant performance bagged gold medal at the 38th Senior National Archery Championship.
The 38th Senior National Archery Championship is being held in Pune from April 4. Players Aditya Upadhyay and Amit Kumar in the final match defeated Maharashtra's players by 6-2 and bagged gold medal for Madhya Pradesh. Both the players exhibited their brilliant performance in recurve team event.
Appreciating the spectacular performance of both the players in the National Archery Competition, the State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated them. She said that the players of Madhya Pradesh are bringing laurels to the State by playing brilliantly at both national and international levels.
She admired the hard work put in by the players and also appreciated their will power with which they are bagging medals for the State. She encouraged the players to display the same enthusiasm in future matches as well and bring laurels not only for the State but also for the country.
It is noteworthy, in the pre-quarterfinal match of the recurve team event played under the competition, Academy’s players Aditya Upadhyay and Amit Kumar and Army's Atul Verma defeated Uttar Pradesh by 5-3 points whereas in the quarter-finals, the Railways team was defeated by 6-0 and in the semi final match the players defeated Assam by 6-0. The National Archery Championship will be played till April 12.
In the competition, the players of the Academy are participating in the leadership of Rishpal Singh Salaria, Chief Coach of Archery Academy.