The players of Madhya Pradesh State Water Sports Academy performed brilliantly in the 31st National Senior Canoe Sprint Championship-2021 held in Himachal Pradesh, winning 12 Gold, 12 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.
In the championship, the women's team of MP won the overall championship, while the men's team was the overall runners-up.
The players met Director Sports and Youth Welfare Ravi Kumar Gupta. The players along with their coach Pijush Baroi sharef detailed information about the experience of the championship to the operator of the game.
On this occasion, Joint Director Sports Vinod Pradhan and B.S. Yadav was also specially present. The championship was played from October 24 to 27 at Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh.
Director Sports Ravi Kumar Gupta congratulated the players and coach Pijush Baroi on this achievement. He said that Kaveri and other players have done exceptionally well.
He further said that we are hopeful that the players of our academy will perform well in other tournaments in the future as well. The Sports Department is committed to provide all possible help and facilities to the players. In this championship, Kaveri Dhimar of MP Water Sports Academy performed brilliantly and captured a total of 7 medals.
Kaveri is the national champion for the last three years. Kaveri has also featured in qualifiers for Tokyo Olympics and Asian Games.
Coach Pijush Baroi informed that this time Kaveri has performed better than expected in the championship. MP Water Sports Academy has world class facilities.
The players have done impressively taking advantage of these facilities.