Thu, Dec 02 10 12:52 PM
Gangtok, Dec 2 (PTI) Tarundeep Rai who became the first Indian to win an individual archery medal in the Asian Games after he bagged a silver, visited his coach R B Tamang and showed him the medal. Tarundeep of Sikkim is the first person from the state to have won a silver medal at the Asian Games and he straightaway went to his coach Tamang''s place last evening to express his gratitude. The archer said he would like to thank Tamang for helping him honing his skills. Tamang, on the occasion also expressed his gratitude towards Chief Minister Pawan Chamling for having approved his and Tarundeep''s project to set up an archery academy at Namchi in South Sikkim. On the need for such an academy, Tamang stressed that the focus would be to scout for talent at grassroots in rural Sikkim and then provide them with the technical training and access to the right equipment which was presently not available to them. If this was provided, Sikkim will soon dazzle in the national and international archery scene, he stressed.
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