8 Chandigarh varsity students to represent India in Olympics

Mohali, July 17

As many as eight students of Chandigarh University, Gharuan, will represent the country in the 2024 Paris Olympics, scheduled to be held from July 26 to August 11.

Bhajan Kaur (archery), Arjun Babuta (shooting), Sanjay (hockey), Reetika Hooda (wrestling), Akashdeep Singh (race walking), Palak Kohli (para-badminton), Yash (kayaking) and Aruna Tanwar (taekwondo) are the students of the university, claimed university officials.

Bhajan had clinched a gold medal in the World Cup qualifiers in Antalya (Turkey). She is pursuing BA from the university. Babuta, who is pursuing MBA, had won a silver medal in the ISSF World Cup Shooting (10m air rifle mixed team), 2024. Yash, another student of CU, has qualified for Paris Olympics in the kayaking event in water sports. Reetika, a student of BA, had won a gold medal in the U-23 Asian Championship 2022. Another student of CU, who is pursuing BPEd, Akashdeep Singh, had won a gold medal in the men’s 20km race walking event at the Asian RaceWalking Championships held in Nomi, Japan in 2023. Sanjay, who will be part of the Indian hockey team for the Olympics, is a student of BA and part of the Indian squad that won the gold medal in Asian Games in 2023.