Madhya Pradesh player Saurabh Yadav brought laurels to the city by winning bronze medal at the 15th Youth International Boxing Tournament.
The tournament was held in Lithuania from March 8 to 15. Madhya Pradesh State Boxing Academy player Saurabh Yadav, represented the Indian team, brought the country a bronze medal.
Saurabh Yadav received this medal by performing in the 91 kg weight category. Saurabh Yadav, included in the ten-member Indian team, was the only player from Madhya Pradesh. In the tournament, Saurabh defeated the Lithuanian player to make it to the semi-finals. Saurabh Yadav had to be content with the bronze medal in the semi-final match with the Poland player.
After returning to Bhopal from Vilnius, Lithuania, Saurabh Yadav met KK Singh, Director Sports and Youth Welfare. Director of Sports V. K. Singh expressed happiness over Saurabh Yadav winning the bronze medal at the Youth International Boxing Tournament and encouraged and congratulated Saurabh.
It is noteworthy that Saurav Yadav of middle class family of Bhopal is under training under the guidance of Roshan Lal, the chief instructor of Boxing Academy under the Day Boarding Scheme.
Meanwhile, the players of Madhya Pradesh State Equestrian Academy made 40 km for the first time. Presented one gold and one silver medal to Madhya Pradesh in Junior National Indoorines Championship (Junior National Horse Racing Competition).
The players earned these medals in Team event. The championship was played at Palanpur, Gujarat from 14-15 March 2020.
This is the first time academy players have won medals at the Indoorines Championship.
It is also worth mentioning here that three girl players trained under boarding scheme at Madhya Pradesh State Equestrian Academy are of Shelter Home (orphanage) run by Little Star Foundation of Kanchan Rajput, Kareena and Lakshmi Kewat Katni, which are awarded championship through Sports and Youth Welfare Department.
He got an opportunity to showcase his talent and he won gold and silver medals.
In the team event of Junior National Indoor Championships, academy players Kanchan Rajput and Anshpreet Singh earned gold and Lakshmi Kewat, Kareena, Aditya and Aman earned silver medals.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare V.K. Singh congratulated all the players. All these players are getting training in equestrian sport under the guidance of Captain Bhagirath, the chief instructor of the academy.