IOCians excel at prestigious sports tournaments
New Delhi   16-Mar-2015

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Mr. K.Srikanth, Mr. A. Sharath Kamal and Ms. Kajal Kumari

Badminton
Mr. K. Srikanth, Gr. 'A' officer, TAPSO added another feather to his cap by annexing the  Swiss Open at Basel by defeating his formidable Danish opponent, Viktor Axelson with a score of 21-15, 12-21, 21-14 in the finals. Srikanth who currently holds number four position in world ranking in Badminton Singles retained his consistent form after winning the strongly contested China Super Series in 2014.

Table Tennis
Ace paddler Mr. A. Sharath Kamal, Manager, SR who is ranked 49 presently in the world in men Singles carved out one of his career best performances by finishing 6th position in Asian Cup which concluded at Jaipur on March 16, 2015.  He beat three of the top players ranked in the top 20 in the world and also accounted for his nemesis and world Number 15 Gao Ning of Singapore with score line of 11-7, 4-11,11-8,12-10 and 11-5.

Carrom
Corporate Carrom Team finished 3rd in both the Men and the Women team championship of  All India Public Sector tournament held at Noida recently. Ms. Kajal Kumari, scholarship player from Muzaffarpur also finished 3rd in the Women Singles which is a significant achievement.

Ms. Manjusha Kanwar, Manager (A&W), NR was the manager of the team.