Giving an impressive performance at third Youth National Boxing Championship, Uttarakhand-2013, the players of Boxing academy won three bronze medals.
In the 3rd Youth National Boxing Championship was held in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, from June 8 to 13.
The players of Madhya Pradesh State Boxing Academy provided three bronze medals to Madhya Pradesh.
The medal winners will be played by the State Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari and Director Khale and Youth Welfare S.L. Thoussen congratulated the players for their spectacular performance, encouraging them to win medals by performing well in the upcoming competitions.
In the championship, Karan Gupta, player of the Boxing Academy, in the first round of the 49 kg weight category, won the 5-0 Telangana player, Arunachal player 5-0 in the Pre-quarterfinals and Punjab's player in the quarter-finals 3-2 defeated the bronze medal. Likewise, Academy player Roger Francis knocked out the players of Odisha and Gujarat in the 91 kg weight category and won the bronze medal.
Similarly, Academy's player Arpita Shukla knocked out Delhi's player in the weight of 81 kilogram, and in the quarter-finals, the Assam player defeated the player by 5-0 and won the bronze medal.
The said players participated in the competition under the leadership of Academy's assistant coach Neha Kashyap and Nitish Yadav.