The players of Madhya Pradesh State Water Sports gave a brilliant performance at 35th Hyderabad Sailing Championship with bagging one gold medal and two silver medals.
In the 35th Hyderabad Sailing Championship was held at Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad from August 12 to 19.
In the Laser 4.7 event of the championship, Academy's Sailing player Ritika Dangi won the gold and Neha Thakur won the silver medal for Madhya Pradesh. Academy player Ram Milan Yadav won the silver medal for Madhya Pradesh in the Laser Radial event of the championship. Ritika Dangi and Neha Thakur won the first round trials of the Asian Games in the competition.
It is worth noting that three rounds of selection trials will be played to select the Indian team in the Asian Games.
The medal winning players were awarded with medals by Admiral Karmaveer Singh, Chief of the Navy and President of Yachting Association of India.
State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated Ritika Dangi and Neha Thakur for their stellar performance in winning the first round trials of Asian Games in Hyderabad Sailing Championship and winning gold and silver medals for Madhya Pradesh respectively. He has also congratulated the silver medalist player Rammilan Yadav.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare Pawan Jain has congratulated and congratulated all the three medal winning players for the excellent performance made by the players of Madhya Pradesh Sailing Academy in various events in the month of Olympics.
In the championship, 10 players of the academy participated under the guidance of Chief Instructor of Water Sports Sailing Academy, Arjun Awardee GL Yadav and coach Anil Sharma.