Oil and Natural Gas Corporation or ONGC Athletes outshone other participants in their respective sports categories at the recently concluded 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
ONGC Athletes shine at CWG 2018
ONGC athletes bagged 12 medals including 5 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze, contributing to the 66 medal tally of Team India.
From the list of ONGC athletes:
- Ragala Venkat Rahul won the Gold in Men’s 85 Kg Weightlifting
- Heena Sidhu won Gold in women’s 25m air pistol and Silver in women’s 10m air pistol event
In the team events, ONGC athletes
- Madhurika Patkar, Pooja Sahasrabudhe (Table Tennis – Women’s team)
- A Amalraj, G Sathiyen, Harmeet Desai (Table Tennis – Men’s team)
- Ashwini Ponnappa, H S Prannoy, Pranaav Jerry Chopra and R Satwik Sai Raj (Badminton – Mixed Team) were part of the champion teams in the respective category.
- Desai and Sathiyen also bagged Silver (Men’s Doubles TT) and Bronze (Mix doubles TT) respectively, while
- Ashwini Ponnappa and Sai Raj bagged Bronze (Women’s Doubles – Badminton) and Silver medal (Men’s doubles – Badminton) respectively.
- Ankur Mittal shot to Bronze in the Men’s double trap event.
- Apurvi Chandela bagged the Bronze in women’s 10m air rifle
An ONGC release said that the company has a rich legacy of promoting sports and presently employs 171 national and international sportspersons and has provided sports scholarship to 262 players, spread across 24 sports disciplines.
“Building of sports infrastructure, training in country and abroad, providing necessary kits and instruments, endowing scholarship support and sponsoring young talents to achieve the next level in their respective sports disciplines are integral to ONGC’s sports credo,” said the company press release.
ONGC has over 40 national awardees in the organization (Padma Bhushan – 1, Khel Ratna – 1, Padma Shri – 3, Arjuna -34 and Dhyanchand – 1).
The President of India acknowledged ONGC’s contribution to sports by conferring the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar in 2014.
