General M M Naravane, Army Chief felicitate young athletes
   Date :18-Feb-2020

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General MM Naravane, Chief of Army staff felicitated young athletes of Boys Sports Company undergoing training at Army Sports Institutes, who recently won 65 medals in Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati. Brigadier Rajiv Singh, Commandant, 1 Signal Training Centre (STC) also present during the felicitation event and applauded the performance of Sports cadets.
 
The 3rd Khelo India Youth games was conducted at Guwahati, Assam in the month of January 2020. Guwahati sees sizable participation from Army and its Boys Sports Companies. It was a joint venture between Indian Army and Sports Authority of India.
 
Over 100 Army and Sports cadets from Army Boys Sports Company participated in the Khelo India Games. The event witnessed 20 national-level multidisciplinary grassroots games to get played among the different age groups. Nine Sports Cadets of Corps of Signals Boys Sports Company participated in the Khelo India Youth Games 2020. In which Sports Cadet S T Vivek won Gold medal in Javelin throw. S T Shoaib Akhtar won Gold medal in long jump, S T K Sanjeet won Gold medal in Boxing and S T Pritam Gogoi won Silver medal in Weightlifting.