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in long jump, Sreeshankar Jain University have secured the
Murali has won a bronze for the first three places in the medal
country in a prestigious event tally.
like the Paris Diamond League. Friends, a major aspect
This is India's first medal in this of such tournaments is that
competition. One such similar many inspiring stories of young
success has been registered by players come to the fore. In the
our Under Seventeen Women rowing event at the Khelo India
Wrestling Team in Kyrgyzstan. I University Games, Assam's
congratulate all these athletes Cotton University's Anyatam
of the country, their parents and Rajkumar became the first
coaches for their efforts. Divyang athlete to participate in
Friends, behind this success it. Nidhi Pawaiya of Barkatullah
of the country in international University managed to win a
events, is the hard work of our Gold Medal in Shot-put despite
sportspersons at the national a serious knee injury. Shubham
level. Today, sports are organized Bhandare of Savitribai Phule
with a new enthusiasm in Pune University, who had
different states of the country. suffered a disappointment in
They give players a chance Bangalore last year due to an
to play, win and to learn from ankle injury, has become a
defeat. For example, Khelo India Gold Medalist in Steeplechase
University Games were organized this time. Similarly, Saraswati
in Uttar Pradesh recently. A lot of Kundu of Burdwan University
enthusiasm was observed in the is the captain of her Kabaddi
youth. Our youth have broken 11 team. She has crossed many
records in these games... Panjab difficulties and reached there.
University, Amritsar's Guru Nanak Many of the best performing
Dev University and Karnataka's Athletes are also getting a lot of

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