The players of Madhya Pradesh State Water Sports Academy have exhibited wonderful performance at the sailing championship by bagging 19 medals.
The championship was held from July 1 till 20 at Hyderabad wherein the players have won 13 gold medals, three silver and three bronze medals. Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Department Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated the winners. The players had a formal meeting with the minister at her residence on Monday.
It is to be noted that the players of Madhya Pradesh State Water Sports Academy have exhibited a brilliant performance at the national and international platforms. Scindia while expressing her deep contentment over the success of the players, Yashodhara Raje Scindia said, “The players of State are bringing laurel to State, country and academy continuously from national and international sports competitions.”
Elaborating further, she said, “We are proud of our players as they have put in great efforts and glorified the name of State at international platform.” She also wished them luck for their future endeavours and said that they should maintain their success in coming championships as well.
On the occasion chief coach of the academy Gl Yadav, assistant coaches Anil Sharma and P Madhu were also present. The players Milan Yadav and Harshita Tomar have won two gold medals, Shikhar Garg and Gaurav Bairagi won one gold medal each. The players who have won bronze medals include Ritika Dangi and Satish Yadav, while Tanu Bisen won a silver medal.
The players also played wonderfully at Telangana State Open Sailing Championship. Players Milan Yadav, Gaurav Bairagi and Mehek Mankar won one gold medal each and Ritika Dangi won silver medal. At Secunderabad, players Milan Yadav, Shraddha Verma and Mehek Mankar won gold medals one each, Ashish Vishwakarma won silver medal and Dawood Qureshi won a bronze medal.