In the 34th Senior National Rowing competition held in Hyderabad last month, players of the Madhya Pradesh water sports rowing Academy won one silver and three bronze medals.
This is the first time that Academy’s junior male and female players have won in the category of Senior Rowing Championship.
The winners met Sports and Youth welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia at the TT Nagar Stadium recently. She encouraged and appreciated the players of the rowing academy and asked them to work hard at the national training camp and bring out the best. On the occasion, Joint Director Sports and Youth welfare Vinod Pradhan and Deputy Director Sports BS Yadav remained present.
Notably, for the preparation of Junior Asian Rowing Championship national training camp will be organised in Hyderabad sometime in March.
In the Rowing Championship, in female category, 2000 metre, double scull event, Rukumani and Sona Keer’s pair won silver medal. In male, 2000 meters, Coxless pair event, Vishwajeet and Bhanupratap together won the Bronze medal. In the same category (Coxless Four), Vishwajeet, Bhanupratap, Farooq Khan and Manas Sharma won bronze medal.
Similarly, in the 500 meters Coxless Four event these players won a bronze medal. In the championship, under the leadership of Arjun Award winner Dalbir Singh Rathore assisted by Munshaidi Khatoon, eight boys and five girls participated. Players from 19 states participated in the championship.