Khelo India University Games: DAV College’s Prarthana Solanki wins silver in archery

The youngster, who is currently pursuing PGDCA at DAV College, Sector 10, started training in recurve archery under coach Komal Sharma at Panjab University grounds.

On Wednesday, Solanki claimed the silver medal in women’s individual recurve event in Khelo India University Games being held at Bhubneswar, Odisha. In the final, Solanki gave a tough fight to Priyanka Thakran of Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak with the score being tied 5-5 followed by



Solanki losing in the tie-break with Thakran’s shot of 9 being closer to the centre than Solanki’s shot of 9.

The 21-year-old started training under coach Komal Sharma at PU grounds and won her first medal at the national level in the All India Inter-university Archery Championship held at Bhubneswar in December last year.

Solanki claimed the individual recurve title apart from helping Panjab University to claim the team gold medal.