Sports Minister congratulates medal winners of Canoe Marathon
   Date :19-Jan-2021

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 Sports Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia interacting with medal winner players att TT Stadium in State Capital on Monday.
 
Staff Reporter :
 
Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia said that “ When our players come up after winning medals, Madhya Pradesh gets proud. She told to players that they should fix their target and achieve success through hard work. She was addressing players who won medal in National Canoe Marathon Championship.
 
The programme was held at TT Nagar Stadium. She congratulated medal winner players and their coaches. On this occasion, Director, Sports and Youth Welfare Pawan Jain and other officials were also present. These players won medals In the three day National Canoe Marathon Championship organized at lower lake of state capital, Water Sports Kayaking Canoeing Academy players won six gold, three silver and two bronze respectively.
 
Overall, eleven medals have been bagged by state players. One gold medal was one each by Kaveri Dhimar, Akshit Baroi, Shivani Verma, Sonu Verma in 15 km Marathon race. In 21 km Marathon race, Balbeer Jaat and Devendra Sen won one gold medal each. In this event, Astha Dangi, Sushma Verma and Himanshu Tandon grabbed silver medal each. Shubam Yadav and Amit Verma grabbed bronze medals each respectively.