J&K skaters excel in National Roller Skating

Dec 30, 2022

JAMMU: Jammu skaters brought laurels to Union Territory by claiming 20 medals including 17 medals in speed skating and three in inline skating in the 60th National Roller Skating Championship which concluded at Bengaluru.

President Jammu Kashmir Roller Skating Association, GS Khurmi congratulated the team for winning 20 medals including 7 Gold; 6 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in speed skating, whereas three including a Gold and 2 Bronze medals in inline hockey.

In Under-9 category, Tabish Haider won Silver in 500+D Rink Race; in under-11 to 14 category (Quads) Tamanna Saini won three individual medals in separate events including Gold in 1500 mtrs road, Silver each in 1000 meters and 500+D rink races, while Prageet Kour claimed Bronze in 1500 mtrs road race.

In 11-14 (Inline), Lakshya won Silver medal in 500+D and Bronze in 1500 mtrs road race whereas in U-17 (quads), Rajveer Singh claimed 2 Golds in 500+D and 1000 mtrs Rink Race, while Samarjot Singh also bagged two Gold in three kms and one lap road and one Silver in 1000 meters rink race.

In under- 17 (inline), Ranveer Singh Shan won one Bronze in 200 meters dual time trial and one Gold in 100 mtrs road race and Ruhika Sharma also claimed Bronze in 100 mtrs road race.

In the above 17 (quads), Kartikeya Puri claimed Gold in 3 kms road race and Silver in 1000 meters rink race while in cadet boys (quads) Jammu Links News Hockey team has to be satisfied with the Bronze medal only, whereas in senior (Inline) hockey, Jammu team won Bronze.

However the team emerged taller in the senior category and remained a strong challenge for the rival team and bagged Gold in masters (quads) hockey.