Players of Madhya Pradesh State Shooting Academy have bagged 16 medals in the fourth West Zone Shooting Championship held at Ahmadabad.
The players called the Minister of State for Sports, Yashodhara Raje Scindia and talked about their achievement to the Minister. Scindia expressed happiness regarding the achievement of the players and she has extended greetings to the players.
While encouraging the players to win medals in the upcoming competitions, Scindia said that players should practice hard in order to play well and players should glorify the name of the state and country by winning medals in the national and international tournaments.
Joint Director (sports) Vinod Pradhan, Deputy Director PS Bundela and Academy’s Coach Vedh Prakash remained present during the occasion.
The players have won 9 medals in the Rifle category of the competitions. Academy’s Player Parvati Kumre has bagged a gold medal in the 50 meters prone position event and a bronze medal in the 50 meters three position event in the junior category. Academy’s players Goldy Gujar and Harshit Binjawa have bagged gold medals in the senior men 50 meter three position.
Anushka Ojha has won two silver medals in the 50 meter prone position junior women event and in the three position competition.
Aakash Patidar has won a silver medal in the junior men 50 meter three position while Yusuf Aabir has bagged the bronze medal in the senior men category. Megha Yaduvanshi has also bagged a bronze medal in the senior women category.
Academy’s players have bagged 7 medals in the pistol category of the competition. Ishaan Tawani has won a gold medal in the 25 metre
standard pistol competition in the junior boys’ category. Ravi Thakur has won silver medal in the 25 meter standard pistol and 50 metre free pistol event while Faraz Khan has won a silver medal in the 25 metre sports pistol competition