Madhya Pradesh State Judo Academy players gave an impressive performance at the Junior National Judo Championship. The players bagged silver and bronze medals at the championship.
Player Amit Mane (73 kg) won the silver medal and Shubham Rajput (90 kg), Amisha Bhale (78 kg) won bronze medals each at the Junior National Judo Championship. The championship was played in Lucknow from December 1 to 5.
Similarly, in the 65th National School Games Competition held in Delhi recently, the academy gave one gold and one bronze medal to Madhya Pradesh. 44 kg of Under-19 of the competition. In the weight category, Academy player Sandhya Tiwari won the gold and 48 kg. Palak Sharma earned a bronze medal in the weight category.
Besides, former boxing academy player Gaurav Chauhan earned a gold medal to the country in South Asian Games.
In the South Asian Games (Safe Games) held in Kathmandu, Nepal, former boxing academy player Gaurav Chauhan defeated Pakistan player Sanaullah 4-1 in the final match to give the country a gold medal.
In the semi-final match played earlier, Gaurav Chauhan defeated Nepal's boxer 5–0 to make it to the final. It is worth mentioning that from year 2009 to 2017.
Gaurav Chauhan, a player of the State boxing academy, received training from boxing instructor Roshan Lal. He has been an Associate Member of the Academy from 2017 to 2018.
Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari and Director Sports and Youth Welfare praised Gaurav Chauhan's excellent performance in Safe Games.
SL Thoussen congratulated the player and wished him luck for the future endeavours.