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| Army chief emphasizes on focused preparation and hard work for sportsmen | | to bring laurels to country in future games | 
Udhampur, October 29, (Scoop News)_70 sportsperson from Indian Army represented the country in Asian Games this year at Incheon, South Korea, a defence official said on Wednesday.
Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh, felicitated the awardees in the federal capital, New Delhi for their commendable performance which contributed
towards 11 medals (02 Gold, 01 Silver and 08 Bronze Medals), he said.
The eighteen medalists included - Nb Sub Jitu Rai, *Gold* and *Team Bronze Medal* in Shooting - Nb Sub Sandeep Kumar, *Gold Medal*in Archery - Sub Maj Vijay Kumar, Sub Pemba Tamang and Sub Gurpreet
Singh, Team Silver Medal in Shooting - Nb Sub Chain Singh,*Bronze Medal* in shooting- Hav Arokia Rajiv and Hav Naveen Kumar, *Bronze Medals* in Athletics- Hav Satish Kumar, *Bronze Medal* in Boxing - Hav Dushyant, *Bronze Medal* in Rowing - Hav Sawarn Singh *Bronze Medal* in Rowing - Nb Sub Devinder Singh, Nb Sub Kapil Sharma, Hav Maninder Singh, Nb Sub Md Azad, Nb Sub Robin PU, Sub Maj Bajarang Lal
Takhar and Nb Sub Ranjit Singh, *Team Bronze Medal in Rowing*.
The Army chief interacted with the awardees and felicitated them with Chief Of Army Staff Commendation Cards and cash incentives.
Gen Singh expressed confidence that the sportsmen would continue excelling in their fields and bring laurels to the country in the Olympic Games in 2016. He stressed on the need of focused preparation
and hard work towards the same.
Army chief congratulated the Mission Olympic Wing at Army Headquarters for successfully pursuing their goals and coerced them to attain greater heights.
Currently around 500 young potential sportsmen are undergoing extensive training at the five Mission Olympic Nodes under the *Mission Olympic Programme* of the Army.
The Nodes are Army Sports Institute, Pune; Army Marksmanship Unit, Mhow; Army Rowing Node, Pune; Army Yachting Node, Mumbai and Army Equestrian Node, Meerut which have ‘*State of Art*’ world class
training infrastructure and have employed some International Coaches and Sports Specialists training the sportsmen in the various disciplines around the year.
The main focus is in the sports of Archery, Boxing, Shooting, Weightlifting, Wrestling and Rowing.
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