Excelsior Sports Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 21: The para-archer Sheetal Devi who hails from Mughalmaidan area of Kishtwar came up with flying colors in the compound women’s open event of Para Archery World Ranking event by bagging silver medal. Similarly, Harvinder Singh who is Sports Authority of India’s TOPS scheme athlete bagged bronze in the Recurve Open event.
After the mega water sports activities conducted in Dal Lake yesterday, the sports activities to commemorate the G-20 event continued in various play fields of J&K as players thronged the venues from dawn to late night.
The competitions were organized by the J&K Sports Council and all the sports facilities remained abuzz with activities. The water sports event in which more than hundred players participated in the disciplines of Canoe Sprint, Canoe Slalom, Rowing and Water-Skiing events continued to receive accolades from sports buffs.
A cricket match to commemorate the foreign delegates was also played in Srinagar’s downtown. The match was played under lights between Gani Reds XI and Gani Blues XI in the Gani Memorial Stadium Srinagar. Meanwhile, a Taekwondo Championship was held at Bakshi Stadium Srinagar in which more than 110 athletes participated in competitions for different age groups.
In yet another cricket match played between trainees of Sports Council Cricket Academy and Valiant XI, the former trounced their opponents by a huge margin of 193 runs in what turned out to be a one-sided affair.
Similar events to mark the celebration of G-20 summit were organized in the Jammu division as well. Among the other events a 3 and 5-kilometers racing and walking competitions were organized for women of various age categories besides a 60 and 80-meters sprint was organized for U-10 and U-14 both boys as well as girls.
In the 3 kilometers event, Giya Manhas, Yashwani and Diamond secured first, second and third positions respectively while in 5 kms walk Jyoti Singh, Soniya Jain and Sheetal bagged first three positions in ascending order, respectively.
More than 230 participants along with 23 officials and a huge gathering of spectators were part of the event. More competitions in many other games were in progress when the report was being filed.
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