Paddlers bag six medals in team events at Jordan Junior and Cadet open
Monday - July 30, 2018 4:48 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
New Delhi July 30 (IANS) Indian junior paddlers who put up a dominating show in the individual events of the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open turned in yet another sterling display in the team events and clinched six medals -- one gold three silver and two bronze.
In the all-India final of the junior girls category on Sunday India 2 team comprising Prapti Sen Swastika Ghosh and Surbhi Patwari prevailed over the India 1 team of Selena Selvakumar and Yashini Sivasankar 3-1 to annexe the gold according to the statement.
In the junior boys category India 1 team consisting of Jeet Chandra Manush Shah and Snehit Suravajjula went down fighting to the formidable Chinese Taipei team 1-3 to return with a silver medal.
The India 2 squad consisting of Ankuram Jain Parth Virmani and Sarthak who had qualified for the semifinals also lost to the eventual winners Chinese Taipei to finish their campaign with a bronze medal in the junior boys event.
In the cadet girls competition the pair of Diya Chitale and Trisha Gogoi put up a valiant fight against the formidable Chinese team before going down with a narrow margin of 2-3 to settle for the silver.
Guining Wang and Sui Xiaoran won their respective matches against Diya Chitale (3-0) and Trisha (3-1) to give China a healthy 2-0 lead.
But the Indians came back stronger to win their next two matches to take the tie into the decider. Diya and Trisha won their doubles encounter 3-1 against Sui Xiaoran and Yulei Zhang while Diya won her second singles of the night with a formidable 3-0 victory over Sui Xiaoran.
With the scores levelled it was down to Trisha to steer India towards the finish line but she came up short against Guining Wang and lost 0-3. The team finished with a silver.
In the Cadet boys team category Payas Jain and H. Jeho representing India 1 after their brilliant show against Sweden 3 and Iran 2 in their round of 16 clash and quarterfinal clash respectively eventually lost 0-3 against Chinese Taipei in the semifinals to bow out of the tournament with a bronze medal.
--IANS gau/sed
In the all-India final of the junior girls category on Sunday India 2 team comprising Prapti Sen Swastika Ghosh and Surbhi Patwari prevailed over the India 1 team of Selena Selvakumar and Yashini Sivasankar 3-1 to annexe the gold according to the statement.
In the junior boys category India 1 team consisting of Jeet Chandra Manush Shah and Snehit Suravajjula went down fighting to the formidable Chinese Taipei team 1-3 to return with a silver medal.
The India 2 squad consisting of Ankuram Jain Parth Virmani and Sarthak who had qualified for the semifinals also lost to the eventual winners Chinese Taipei to finish their campaign with a bronze medal in the junior boys event.
In the cadet girls competition the pair of Diya Chitale and Trisha Gogoi put up a valiant fight against the formidable Chinese team before going down with a narrow margin of 2-3 to settle for the silver.
Guining Wang and Sui Xiaoran won their respective matches against Diya Chitale (3-0) and Trisha (3-1) to give China a healthy 2-0 lead.
But the Indians came back stronger to win their next two matches to take the tie into the decider. Diya and Trisha won their doubles encounter 3-1 against Sui Xiaoran and Yulei Zhang while Diya won her second singles of the night with a formidable 3-0 victory over Sui Xiaoran.
With the scores levelled it was down to Trisha to steer India towards the finish line but she came up short against Guining Wang and lost 0-3. The team finished with a silver.
In the Cadet boys team category Payas Jain and H. Jeho representing India 1 after their brilliant show against Sweden 3 and Iran 2 in their round of 16 clash and quarterfinal clash respectively eventually lost 0-3 against Chinese Taipei in the semifinals to bow out of the tournament with a bronze medal.
--IANS gau/sed
