Antim Yadav, player of Madhya Pradesh State Judo Academy, will be representing team India at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2017 to be held at Bahamas.The Commonwealth Youth Games will be played from July 16 to 24 at Bahamas.
A team of five members will leave for Bahamas from New Delhi on July 11. On Monday, Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Department Upendra Jain met Antim Yadav at TT Nagar Stadium.
During the meet, Upendra Jain asked her about the preparations of Common Wealth Games. He also asked Antim about her game techniques. He congratulated her for her selection in the common wealth games and wished her luck for the championship.It is to be noted that Antim was selected during a national sports camp organised at Aurangabad from June 11 to July 9. Giving tough competitions to other players, Antim made it to the final selection and got selected to represent team India.On her selection Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare Yashodhara Raje Scindia congratulated her and wished her luck for her performance.Antim Yadav is a brilliant Judo player and has bagged many medals during national championships.
In year 2014 she won a gold medal at National Judo championship held at Chennai. Similarly, in year 2015 she won silver at National Judo Championship held at Pondicherry. She is being coached by Indternational Judo Coach Kamla Rawat and Arjun Awardee Poonam Chopra.Meanwhile, the players of Madhya Pradesh State Water Sports Academy exhibited a good show at National Sailing Championship bagging six gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal. The championship was played at Hyderabad from July 1 to 8.
Player Harshita Tomar won two gold medals under 16 category at lazer event. Under 19 category player Shikhar Garg and under 17 category Govind Bairagi won two gold medals respectively. Players Ritika Dangi and Satish Yadav won bronze medals.