{"id":7772,"date":"2025-09-27T16:39:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=7772"},"modified":"2025-09-27T16:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T11:09:21","slug":"dr-mansukh-mandaviya-felicitates-indias-historic-medal-winners-at-speed-skating-world-championships-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=7772","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Felicitates India\u2019s Historic Medal Winners at Speed Skating World Championships 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Felicitates India\u2019s Historic Medal Winners at Speed Skating World Championships 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Posted On: 24 SEP 2025 5:22PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, today felicitated India\u2019s medal-winning contingent from the 73rd Inline Speed Skating World Championships 2025 held in Beidaihe, China from September 13\u201321.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Marking a watershed moment for Indian skating, the national team delivered its best-ever performance, clinching five medals (three Gold, two Bronze), finishing 5th overall among 40+ nations.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This historic outing was filled with firsts \u2014<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

India\u2019s first-ever Senior medal at a Speed Skating World Championship,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

First-ever Gold in the Junior category, and<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Highest-ever medal tally for India at the Worlds.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Felicitating the athletes, Dr. Mandaviya said, \u201cThese historic medals at the World Championships show that our youth are conquering new frontiers, be it in mainstream or emerging sports. I wholeheartedly congratulate our athletes, coaches, support staff, and the Roller-Skating Federation of India for bringing glory to Bharat with this remarkable performance.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Star Performances:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Anandkumar Velkumar (22): Scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win a Senior medal, striking two Golds (1000m Sprint & 42,195m Marathon) and adding a Bronze (500m Sprint).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Krish Sharma (18): Won India\u2019s first-ever Junior Gold in the 1000m Sprint.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Anish Raj (17): Secured a Bronze in the Junior Men\u2019s One Lap Sprint.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Indian contingent featured 20 athletes (Four Senior Men, Four Senior Women, Five Junior Men, Seven Junior Women), competing in a championship that witnessed 42 events across Senior and Junior categories with participation from over 40 countries.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya Felicitates India\u2019s Historic Medal Winners at Speed Skating World Championships 2025 Posted On: 24 SEP 2025 5:22PM by PIB Delhi Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, today felicitated India\u2019s medal-winning contingent from the 73rd Inline Speed Skating World Championships 2025 held in Beidaihe, China …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7774,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7772\/revisions\/7774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}