At the National Junior Athletics Championship, the players showcased a brilliant performance and won medals.
The medal winners of the Athletics Academy, returned to Bhopal on Thursday after unfurling the glory of Madhya Pradesh. The winners met Minister Sports and Youth Welfare Jeetu Patwari at TT Nagar Stadium.
Sports Minister Patwari encouraged the players by patting them on the back and congratulating them and congratulating them. He appreciated the performance of the players and said that by giving ten medals to Madhya Pradesh, Athletics Academy players have enhanced the pride of the state.
He discussed the performance of the championship with all the medal winning players, including the players who set a national record in the championship.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare SL Thoussen apprised the Sports Minister Patwari that this is the first time that players of Madhya Pradesh Athletics Academy won 10 medals including five gold, two silver and three bronze, setting three records in the National Junior Athletics Championships, including two national and one Competition record is included.
On this occasion, the Chief Instructor of Athletics Academy, S.K. Prasad, Assistant Instructor Mr. Amit Gautam, Virender Kumar, Mr. Ghanshyam Yadav and Anupama Srivastava were also present.
It is worth noting that in the championship, Academy player Aditya Raghuvanshi set a new national record of 1.95 meters high jump. Apart from this, Academy athlete Bushra Khan Gauri completed the 2000 meter race for the girls under-16 age group in 6 minutes 24.71 seconds to set a new national record. Similarly, Sunil Dabur made a competition record by completing the 1500 meter race in 3: 48.52 minutes / second.