Madhya Pradesh Fencing Academy's player Shankar Pandey, exhibited an impressive show and won a gold medal winner at the Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championship.
Here on Monday, Shankar met Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia. He met Sports Minister at her residence.
The Sports Minister congratulated Shankar Pandey for his marvelous achievement and congratulated him. She encouraged Shankar Pandey to perform similarly in upcoming events and win the medal and glorify the name of the State and the country.
The championship was played from July 23 to 30 in Newcastle England. Besides academy player Shankar Pandey, Bhupendra Singh from the Indian army and Bibish K and Maharashtra's player Girish Jakat were also in the team. In the team event the players defeated Scotland in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, the Indian team defeated Australia by 45-36 and then defeated Wales by 45-33 in the final match winning a gold medal.
It is worth mentioning that the 15-year-old player of the Academy, Shankar Pandey, was selected in the Under-20 Indian team, who won the gold medal in the championship by bringing laurels to Madhya Pradesh with the excellent performance in game of fencing.
It is notable that Shanker Pandey is a talented player of Madhya Pradesh State Fencing Academy.