Niraj clocked timings of 4:36.314 minutes to finish at the seventh spot. Chinese Taipei's Kuan-Chieh Lai captured the gold (4:15.942 minutes) while Vladlen Denisov of Uzbekistan (4:15.994 minutes) and Timofey Yemelyanov (4:18.810 minutes) of Kazakhstan got silver and bronze respectively.
India’s canoeing athlete Niraj Verma and team of Binita Chanu and Geetha Parvathy entered the final of the men's 1000 m singles canoeing and women's 500 m kayak double event at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Saturday
Gowhar's path took a turn when he decided to join water sports and found support from Bilquess Mir, the first water sports coach from Srinagar and the first Olympic-level women's kayaking and canoeing player from the Kashmir region. Mir's guidance provided Gowhar a new direction.
The event witnessed the participation of over 250 individuals from across the UT, who came together to learn and train in handling stressful and challenging situations at various stages of life.
Pooja Ojha, a resident of Bhind district, belongs to a poor farmer's family and with around 80 percent disability (due to polio) has bagged a silver medal in World championship. She has also been felicitated by the President of India Droupadi Murmu.
Madhya Pradesh's Nitin Verma bagged the first medal for the state with a gold medal in water sports which included in the KIYG for the first time. Nitin won the gold in Kayaking's K-1 1000m event with a timing of 4.21.185 minutes.
'Meet The Champion', is a unique school-visit campaign being organized jointly by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Ministry of Education and is part of the government's 'Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav' has completed 21 sessions in 15 different states/UTs till now. World Cup Bronze
Poznan [Poland], May 29 (ANI): Canoeist Prachi Yadav became the first Indian to capture a World Cup medal by capturing a bronze at the 2022 ICF Paracanoe World Cup held in Poznan, Poland.
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 2 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council organized a Kayaking and Canoeing marathon in Jhelum in Srinagar for the first time where around 30 kayak and canoe players participated.