The players of the Madhya Pradesh State Water Sports Academy have brought laurels to the State by winning medals in the junior national sailing and international regatta championship, Chennai.
Academy’s players have also bagged medals in the Yachting Association of India (YAI) senior national championship.
Players have bagged four gold medals, three silver and two bronze medals in the junior national sailing championship, Chennai.
Minister of State for sports and youth welfare, Yashodhara Raje Scindia met the medalist players on Friday and congratulated the players on their achievement.
She stated that there would be no scarcity of the facilities for the players of the sports academy.
Sports minister met the academy’s chief coach and Arjuna award winner Gl Yadav and discussed about the training of the players.
Sports and youth welfare’s director Upendra Jain also congratulated the players on this occasion and encouraged them to improve their performances for the upcoming tournaments.
Meanwhile, the three-day state level basketball tournament has commenced on Friday at the TT Nagar stadium under the ‘khelo India’ campaign.
As many as 500 players of ten divisions are taking part in the state level event in under 14 and under 17 categories. The matches are being played according to the Knock out system.
The team of the Rewa division has beaten the team of Gwalior division during the under 14 boys’ category while the team of the Ujjain division has beaten the Jabalpur division’s team in the same category.
Similarly, the team of the Shahdol division has beaten the team of Sagar division during the under 17 boys’ category while the team of the Gwalior division has beaten the Narmadapuram division’s team in the same category.