Focused on encouraging the budding sports talent, a special press conference was organized by Chandigarh University (CU) on October 13 (Friday) at Chandigarh Press Club to welcome the students who added another feather to University’s crown with their remarkable performance in the recently concluded 19th Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
Medal
winners, participants, and their families were present on the occasion, who
were applauded by Chandigarh University Chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu for
their extraordinary performance in this 15-day continental multi-sport event,
which was organized by Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) from September 23 to
October 8.
Ten
(10) Chandigarh University students out of the 22 participants bagged medals in
the 19th Asian Games. CU students who won medals are Arshdeep Singh (Gold in
Cricket), Bhajan Kaur (Bronze in Archery – Recurve), Kiran Godara (Bronze in
Wrestling – 76 kg), and Sanjay (Gold in Hockey), Inamdar Aslam Mustafa, Nitesh
Kumar, Vishal Bhardwaj, and Pawan Kumar (Men’s Kabaddi), Sushma Sharma and
Nidhi Sharma (Women’s Kabaddi).
Chandigarh
University Chancellor Satnam Sandhu expressed delight and congratulated
students for their achievements in the Asian Games, and for bringing laurels to
the nation, their respective states, and the University. He said, “The 19th
edition of Asian Games witnessed the Best-ever Medal
Haul (107 medals) by Indian Players in an International Sporting Event
since 1951, and it is a moment of pride to state that Chandigarh University
students have made a great contribution to India’s this historical achievement
by bagging 10 medals across 5 sporting games.”