Exhibiting an impressive performance at Inter IIIT Sports Meet 2019, the players of Bhopal bagged two medals, including one gold and one bronze bringing laurels to the city.
It is to be noted that the inter IIIT sports meet 2019 'Asmita', was organised at Allahabad. The sports meet 2019 was organized by IIIT Allahabad. It is worth mentioning that as many as 600 students from 16 different IIITs of the country participated in the sports meet 2019. Giving a trememndous performance at the Inter IIIT Sports Meet 2019, IIIT Bhopal, a team of 60 sportspersons participated in the championship. The team was led ably by the sports captain, Rahul Yadav. On the concluding day of Asmita here on Thursday, IIIT Bhopal gave wonderful performance and won two medals at the championship. Both the medals were won in powerlifting, Anmol Agrawal clinching gold in under 66 kg category while Arnav Vishwakarma bagging bronze in open category.
Apart from this, volleyball team, under the leadership of Jayansh Lalge, performed extremely well reaching the quarter finals, and just marginally missed to make a mark on medal's tally. Another praiseworthy performance surfaced in athletics where IIIT Bhopal reached in the finals of relay race. An appreciation session was conducted in the institute to welcome the team back and to award people who have brought institute some glory.