Bhopal, August 04 (Pervez Bari): Stage is all set for hosting the 38th National Junior Swimming Championship here at Bhopal from August 5 to 9.
As many as 800 swimmers from 26 states will flex their muscles for top honours in the five day competitions. A total of 80 events for the swimmers between the two age groups of 13-14 years and 15-17 years will be held. Besides, the national level players would also be participating in it. So far, teams of six states have arrived in Bhopal.
Teams of States taking part in the competitions include Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, N.S.A., Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and hosts Madhya Pradesh State.
The competition is being organised jointly by the Madhya Pradesh Swimming Federation and state Sports and Youth Welfare Department at Prakash Taran Pushkar swimming pool in Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan would inaugurate the swimming competition.
Meanwhile, according to Piyush Sharma, secretary Madhya Pradesh Swimming Federation, the state squad for the competition has been declared. This 45-member squad includes: Khyati Agrawal, Shubhanshu Setia, Ravi Shankar Kewat, Shiwank Tyagi, Rohit Imolia, Pushpendra Paul, Aman Soni, Hritvik Upadhyay, Rohitash Dubey, Himanshu Dhakad, Rohit Kumar, Yashovardhan Singh, Abhishar Sharma, Amit Vikram Batham, Subham Upadhyay, Ayush Bansal, Somil Singh Panwar, Ishan Shukla, Bharat Mishra, Anshul Premchandani, Sudhir Batham, Chandan Keer, Kushgra Upadhayay, Lakshyajeet Singh Rathore, Yash Arya, Nadim Khan, Sawant Shinde, Mohit Imolia, Swapnil Chourasia, Akash Lodhi, Atindra Patel, Tripti Tyagi, Aditi Dage, Shreya Mishra, Priyal Awasthi, Shrila Singh, Ankusha Wadhwani, Ayushi Singh Sengar, Gahna Modi, Shraddhali Tyagi, Niharika Batra, Anansa Divya Upadhyay, Asmit Goyal, Niharika Prasad and Siddharat Rajput.
K.T. Mathew is coach and A.K. Rawat is manager of the Madhya Pradesh squad. (pervezbari@eth.net)