For ‘Khelo India Khelo’ competition, the flagship sports promotion programme of Prime Minister, Roop Singh, a resident of village Udhnapur under Manendragarh block of Koriya district, has been selected for the state team to play at the national event.
He would play in the event to be held at Guwahati, Assam.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, sports and youth welfare department minister Umesh Patel have extended greetings to Roop Singh for his selection at national level event.
According to Koriya district Collector Doman Singh the kabaddi player Roop Singh is student of Tribal Boys Sports Premises. He was selected for Khelo India Khelo competition in year 2019-20 and is the lone kabaddi player to be selected from the state. He will be participating in the event on January 9 at Guwahati.
Collector said earlier he was selected for national sports in national event held at Dewas, Madhya Pradesh in 2018-19, having won bronze medal while in year 2019-20, he also represented state in School National Sports Competition at Mandya, Karnataka. He is being trained by Physical Training Instructor Uttra Kumar Chelkar.