Srinagar, June 9: A day after JK team was declared overall champions in the 8th All India Police Water Sports championship, JK coach was all praise for his team and hoped that they will continue their performance in coming events as well.
JK was declared over all team champions as they won 13 gold and three silver medals.
“We had expected to bag overall team championship but never thought of bagging such number of medals. Players gave out their best. It is not for the first time that we bagged team championship, but it was first time we bagged it in both Kayaking and Canoeing events,” the coach said.
Out of 18 events in Kayaking and Canoeing, JK bagged medals in 16. In Kayaking team bagged seven gold and two silver medals while it bagged six gold and one silver in Canoeing. The only disappointment was Rowing in which JK couldn’t even qualify heats.
Asked, how team achieved amazing results in Kayaking and Canoeing events, the coach said, “We had the advantage of being hosts and the second reason was that the newly procured boats by our department. In previous national events, we had disadvantage of not having practice of new latest boats.”
The coach was all praise for his player’s particularly international star Zahoor Latoo and new find Adil who both bagged three individual gold medals in addition to team medals.
“We had kept all our hopes on Zahoor and he delivered from the day one. Zahoor’s performance boosted the morale of other players and they also delivered,” he said.
During the championship, selection of players for All India Police team was done. The event would be held in Himachal Pradesh in October.
In the championship, total 18 teams of various State Police and paramilitary forces compete.
Zahoor brings laurels for JK
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Srinagar, June 9: Going with his reputation of winning medals for state and his team, valley’s international Kayaking player, Zahoor Lattoo won nine medals for his team in the 8th All India Police Water Sports Championship that concluded at Sheri-Kashmir International Convention Centre here on Monday.
Before championship every one expected medals from Zahoor as he has been the lone individual medal winner for his departmental and state teams all these years in various national events.
He did exactly that by winning first gold for team in K-1, 1000-meter event and then in second joined Parvez in K-2, 1000 meter to bag second gold. He was also part of K-4, 1000 meter, which won gold on opening day.
Zahoor continued his superb form on second day by winning gold in K-1, 500 meter event and then won another gold along with Parvaiz in K-2, 500-meter event. In K-4, 500 meter he had satisfy with silver medal along with team.
In K-2, 200 meter he won silver while won gold in K-4, 200 meter. K-1, 200-meter event, which is considered toughest event of championship and is also favorite event o Zahoor was held on last day of the event. Zahoor without disappointing any one bagged gold in that as well.
With these nine medals Zahoor has bagged 45 national medals for state at national level. He has also represented country in international event at Malaysia.
“Before championship I expected to win atleast five medals as I had done that before as well. At the end of first day after winning one individual and two team gold medals, winning nine out of nine looked possible for me” he said.
Zahoor has now set his eyes on senior national championship and 34th national games that are going to be held in Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand respectively.
Emerging star of the event
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Before this event Adil, 19, had not participated in any senior national event and had been performing in junior national events only. So no one expected him to bag three individual gold medals.
But the coach, Farooq Ahmad had always trust in his capabilities and gave him responsibility of representing team in C-1 event ahead of several senior players. Though at that time it did not go well within the team, but Adil with his performance on the opening day proved the decision of the coach right. He won gold in K-1, 1000 meter. In the championship he won six gold medals that included three individual medals also. He also won one team silver medal.
Apeared in Greater Kashmir on June 10 http://greaterkashmir.com/full_story.asp?Date=10_6_2009&ItemID=10&cat=4
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