<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #252525;">The Prime Minister expressed delight that much good news came in for India this month from the sports world. He said, the Indian team has raised the glory of the Tricolour by winning the Women's Junior Asia Cup for the first time. Indian Men's Hockey Team has also won the Junior Asia Cup. With this, the team also became the team with the most wins in the history of this tournament. India's junior team also did wonders in the Junior Shooting World Cup and secured the first position in this tournament. Out of the total gold medals in this tournament, 20 per cent has come in India's account alone. The Asian Under Twenty Athletics Championship was also held this month and India remained in the top three in the medal tally among 45 countries.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #252525;"> </span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #252525;">Mr Modi exuded pride that for the first time, India is making her presence felt in Sports. In the long jump, Shrishankar Murali won a bronze for the country in Paris Diamond League. This is India's first medal in this competition. One such similar success has been registered by India's Under Seventeen Women Wrestling Team in Kyrgyzstan. Mr Modi congratulated all the athletes of the country, their parents and coaches for their efforts.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #252525;">He said that the hard work of sportspersons is behind the success of India in international events. He added that today, sports are being organized with new enthusiasm in different states of the country. He made note of the Khelo India University Games which were organized in Uttar Pradesh recently. He said, the nation's youth have broken eleven records in these games. Punjab University, Amritsar's Guru Nanak Dev University and Karnataka's Jain University have occupied the first three places in the medal tally.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #252525;">The Prime Minister stressed that a major aspect of such tournaments is that many inspiring stories of young players come to the fore. In the rowing event at the Khelo India University Games, Assam's Cotton University's Anyatam Rajkumar became the first Divyang athlete to participate. Nidhi Pawaiya of Barkatullah University managed to win a Gold Medal in Shot-put despite a serious knee injury. Shubham Bhandare of Savitribai Phule Pune University, who had suffered a disappointment in Bangalore last year due to an ankle injury, has become a Gold Medalist in Steeplechase this time. Saraswati Kundu of Burdwan University is the captain of her Kabaddi team. Mr Modi said, she has crossed many difficulties to reach there. He added many of the best-performing athletes are also getting a lot of help from the TOPS Scheme. </span></p>