Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: The Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council today accorded a warm welcome to bronze medalists, of Junior National Asian Fencing Championship held at recently Uzbekistan, Shreya Gupta, Lakshya Sharma and Rashid Ahmed Chaudhary on their arrival at Jammu.
Secretary, Sports Council, Nuzhat Gul, while felicitating Shreya Gupta, conveyed best wishes on behalf of Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan, and Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, Alok Kumar, for her outstanding achievement and winning bronze medal in the Asian Championship.
In the Championship, the gold medal was won by Hongkong, Kazakhstan clinched the silver while Indian players bagged the bronze medal for the country in women category.
Lakshya Sharma also represented the country and remained at 6th position with a narrow margin of 43: 45 from Iran.
Rashid Ahmed Chaudhary, who accompanied the Indian team as coach, expressed gratitude to Sports Council for their support. He said this is golden era of sports development with tremendous support of the Government for the athletes.
Secretary reiterated the support of Government for athletes and requested the media, parents and society as a whole to come forward in making J&K hub of sports.
She also expressed special gratitude to the coaches of Fencing Centre Shotu Lal and Rachna Jamwal for their contribution towards making fencing centre at Jammu as Nursery of the champions.
She also appreciated the role of media for promotion of sports in every nook and corner of the UT.
Dr. Zafar Iqbal, Chief Accounts Officer, Sports Council, appreciated the winning players and Coach, Rashid Ahmed Chaudhari.
Ashok Singh, Divisional Sports Officer, presented vote of thanks.
S P Singh, Satish Gupta Shakti Chopra, Managers of Sports Council, coaches and officials and staff of the Sports Council besides Fencing Association members were present during the function.
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