Showcasing an outstanding performance at the 20th Sub Junior Challenger Sprint National Rowing Championship, the players from Madhya Pradesh Water Sports Rowing Academy bagged a gold medal and three silver medals.
With putting up an impressive show at the national championship scoring 9 points and bagging four medals, Madhya Pradesh secured fourth position at the championship. Interestingly, this was the first time when players from Madhya Pradesh participated in rowing championship in junior category.
Being the first time, they stood out with flying colours. Notably, the championship is being hosted at Kolkata. The championship began on June 5 and will continue till June 11. More than 400 players participated in the championship from across 19 states of the country.
During the championship, the team included players Bholu Sharma, Yogesh Thakur, Vedant Kulshreshtha, Gopal Thakur and Mayur Batham won gold medal under Sub Junior four events. In same category, players the men’s pair Manjeet and Yogesh Kumar won silver medal.
In women’s single scull event Vindya Sankat and in Challenger men’s double Scull event Imrit Sen and Nitesh Bharadwaj won silver medals.
The winners were felicitated with trophies and medals at an award ceremony.
On the fabulous performance by the players of Madhya Pradesh State Equestrian Academy, Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yoshodhara Raje Scindia expressed her deep contentment. She congratulated the winners and said that the players should keep up their sportsmanship and should continue presenting such great performances in various competitions.
Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Department Upendra Jain also congratulated the winners.