STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Skaters of Jammu and Kashmir shined at the 1st National Inter District Roller Skating National Championship 2023 which was held at Dhelpur, Mohali from April 27 to May 2, 2023 under the banner of Roller Skating Federation of India (India Skate).
More than 3200 skaters from over 100 districts from all over India have participated in this mega event and J&K skaters have won 34 medals including 13 gold, 16 silver and 5 bronze.
In the Roller Hockey category, J&K Cadet boys team clinched gold medal and the team members include Rakshan Sharma, Aahan Sharma, Yatharth Sagoch, Vihaan Sharma, Aarav Jandyal, Krishana Sharma, Gurtej Singh and Abhir Singh.
J&K Cadet Girls Team clinched silver medal and the team members were Shawini Mahajan, Trisha Jamwal, Vihana Dogra, Aamyaa Vashishth, Kanisha Jain and Hazel Suri.
J&K Sub Junior Boys clinched silver medal and the team members were Tabid Hussain, Daanial Butt, Purushartha Singh, Vinayak Bhagat, Bhavanya Bhagat, Hridyansh Chib, Shretasm Pargal, Zayafat John, Mridul Kohli, Kyran Gupta and Tarush Gupta.
J&K Sub Junior Girls clinched silver medal and the team members include Vidyanshi Rakwal, Kumar Vanishree N. Verma, Bhuvi Sharma, Siya Jandyal, Akshita Sharma, Ayesha Mubeen Chib, Vanya Raina and Iszna Sharma.
J&K Senior Men team dominated the championship and in the quest for becoming the champions, the team defeated Sangrur, JK2, Patiala, Gautam Bhudhnagar in the league matches. In the semifinal and final, Jammu & Kashmir team defeated Chandigarh and Aligarh (UP) in penalty shootouts respectively. The team members includes Jugraaj Singh, Jatin Sabarwal (Captain), Ankush Gupta (Goal Keeper), Rupinder Paul Singh, Darpan Gargotra, Shivank Sharma and Uday Singh Jamwal (Goal Keeper).
In the Speed category: Arshjot Singh won 2 silver medal, Udhay Narayan Sharma won 3 gold medal, Arnav Singh Salathia won 1 silver medal, Puneesh Puri won 1 gold and 1 silver medal, Abhinav Bakshi won 1 silver medal, Tamanna Saini won 1 gold medal, Saanvi Grover won 2 silver and 1 bronze medal, Pratyaksha Gupta won 1 gold and 1 silver medal, Gurtej Singh won 1 bronze medal, Prageet Kour won 1 gold and 1 silver medal, Burhan Zargar won 2 gold medal, Samarjot Singh won 1 silver medal, Samit Mahajan won 1 bronze medal, Kartikeya Puri won 2 gold and 1 silver medal, Surya Bhaskar Sharma won 1 bronze medal and Aahana Gupta won 2 silver medal.
In the Roller Scooter Category: Abhinav Anand won Bronze Medal.
Jammu and Kashmir Roller Skating Association President G. S Khurmi congratulated the skaters and Kamal Anand (coach cum manager) for outstanding performance and wish them good luck for the upcoming
championships.