03-08-2025
Over 20 skaters from Chandigarh who shone in Asian Roller Skating Championship felicitated
The Chandigarh Skating Association has felicitated more than 20 city skaters, part of various roller-skating Indian teams, which won medals in the recently concluded 20th Asian Roller-Skating Championship in South Korea.
Manika Mahajan, Yashika Sharma, Vinnati, Himanshi Kaushal and Anshika Sharma were part of the Indian roller hockey girls' team, which won the gold medal.
Chandigarh skaters Gurshaan Singh Aujla, Angadbir Singh, Jujhar Singh and Naman Gussian were part of the silver medal-winning Indian roller hockey men's team.
Dhiraj Shaunka, Damanpreet Singh, Daksh, Mayank, Dhriv Rathore, Ritesh Kamboj, Sarthak and Ansh Sharma of Chandigarh were part of the U-19 gold medal-winning Indian roller hockey team.
Angel Kaushik, Sonam Singh and Jasmine Saini were part of the silver medal-winning Indian inline hockey junior girls' team.
Jobanjeet Singh, Abhyuday Thakur, Paraspreet Singh and Sandhya Tiwari were part of the bronze medal-winning Indian inline hockey junior boys' team.
'Roller skating is among the popular sports in Chandigarh, and city skaters have always made the country proud at the international level. The inclusion of cash awards in the sports policy has further boosted sports in the city, and the performance in South Korea is a testimony to that,' Chandigarh Roller Skating Association president Arun Walia said.
Sanjay Tandon, the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Administrator's Advisory Council on Sports, was the chief guest at the event.
Along with the skaters, Sanan Mahajan, who was the manager of the Indian team in Korea, along with Harpreet Singh, who was the coach of the Indian team in Korea and is the secretary of the Chandigarh Roller Skating Association, were also honoured.
'It is a matter of great pride that Chandigarh skaters have won two gold, two silver and one bronze medals at the Asian Championship held in South Korea. With the administration's continued support in strengthening the sports policy, we will see Chandigarh skaters shine at the world level,' UT Cricket Association president Sanjay Tandon said.
