: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 9:11 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh: Kabbadi players earn laurels for Bagh, represented the country in 7th Indo-Nepal Rural Youth Games 2020-21
Bagh: Suraj Dalke, Rahul Baghel and Kamlesh Solanki who represented country in the recently held 7th Indo-Nepal Rural Youth Games 2020-21 held in Pokhara in Nepal got rousing welcome on their arrival to the village on Monday.
Their team posted victory over Nepal in under-17 age group, while Solanki was part of winning contingent in open group.
A welcome rally was also taken out with DJ music covering the main areas of the village. People welcomed the players with garlands at different places.
Trichy: A city college student has won the gold medal in the senior doubles badminton event in the 7th Indo-Nepal Rural Youth Games 2020-21 held in Pokhara in Nepal on Thursday. 19-year-old J Santhosh, a first-year student of B Sc Physical Education at National College Trichy (NCT), won the medal along with his partner K Darshan Kumar of Sathyabama University. The duo played four games in the tournament and registered a victory against tough competitors from Nepal to win the gold medal.
Santhosh had almost missed out on the 7th National Rural Youth Games 2020, held in Goa in November 2020 – a gateway to the Indo-Nepal Rural Youth games - after his family members contracted the Covid-19 infection. Remaining in quarantine for a month, he fought back, restarted his training and went on to win gold in the National Rural Youth Games. Santosh won all the six games in the tournament including won a hard fought final against a team from Jammu & Kashmir “It was indeed a tough phase as so