Maligaon, July 4 (MExN): The Northeast Frontier Railway Sports Association (NFRSA) awarded 43 sports persons for their outstanding performance during 2021-22. The award function was held at the indoor stadium of NFR Maligaon on July 4.
Some of the awardees and their achievements include: Popy Hazarika- Silver Medal for 59 kg category at Commonwealth Weightlifting Championship, Russia; Swapna Barman- Gold Medal on High Jump at 60th National Open Athletics, Andhra Pradesh; Sonali Chanu- Gold Medal on Cycling Team Time Trial Category, Cycling Mass Start Category & Cycling Creterium Race Category at 26th Sr National Road Cycling Championship, Haryana; Matouleibi Devi- Gold Medal on Cycling Team Trial Category at 26th Sr National Road Cycling Championship, Haryana; Bhagyabati Kachari- Silver Medal on Boxing (75kg) category at 5th Elite Women’s National Boxing Championship, Haryana; Sanjita Chanu- Silver Medal for 49 kg category at Sr National Weightlifting Championship, Bhubaneswar; Ramaya Pandian- Silver Medal on 84 kg category at 17th Men & 11th Women AIR Power Lifting Championship, Mumbai; Sojal Das- Silver Medal on 55kg category at 35th AIR Body Building Championship, Chennai; Purushottam V- Silver Medal on 73kg category at 68th Men & 7th Women AIR Weightlifting Championship, Kapurthala, Dhaniram Basumatary; Parashan Nath- Silver Medal on Recurve category and Compound round category respectively at 11th AIR Archery (Men & Women) Championship, Chittaranjan; Dinesh Kumar- Silver Medal on Cycling 20km Point Race Category at 58th AIR Track Cycling Championship, Secunderabad; Rumi Gogoi- Silver Medal on 91kg category at 75th Men & 14th Women AIR Boxing Championship, New Delhi; Sanjay Malik & Shashank Kr. Kandpal- Silver Medal on Volleyball Team category at 34th Federation Cup, Bhubaneswar.
Apart from the sport awardees, the employees who were involved in New Innovations, major projects for creating rolling stock maintenance infrastructure and exceptional employees in their respective field were also honoured. This was stated in a press release issued by Sabyasachi De, Chief Public Relations Officer, NFR.
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