Players of 11 different disciplines from Madhya Pradesh will represent India in the World University Games to be held in Chengdu (China) from July 28 to August 8.
In this, nine players are from different academies of Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh Athletics Academy of Excellence Samar Deep Singh, Nidhi Pawaiya, Shalini Chowdhary (all Barkatullah University) Arjun Vaskale (SNCity University), MP Fencing Academy of Excellence Shankar (Rabindranath Tagore University Raisen), Ankit Sharma (Lovely Professional University) and Madhya Pradesh Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar and Aashi Choukse (both Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar) and Chinki Yadav (Barkatullah University) from Shooting Academy of Excellence will represent India at the World University Games.
Madhya Pradesh’s Nandani Vats (Rabindranath Tagore University) and Kumari Avntim Yadav (Lovely Professional University, Phagwara) will represent India in the World University Games in Judo.
All the players have left for China on Wednesday night.
Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia met all the players at TT Nagar Stadium wished them success and asked them to focus only on the goal. Players don’t have to worry about anything, just focus on getting medals. Smt. Scindia said that our sportspersons are now bringing laurels to the state and the country by their excellent performance by reaching the international stage with better performance and higher level of training.
