Kolkata girl Mayurakshi excels in Asian Rowing Championship

KOLKATA: Mayurakshi Banerjee, the only girl selected from West Bengal by Rowing Federation of India (RFI) for the 2016 Asian Indoor Rowing Championships that concluded in Pattaya, Thailand, on Sunday, did the country proud by winning a silver and a bronze medal. The Indian contingent bagged 12 medals in all, including five silvers.
A student of Electronics & Communication Engineering at the Heritage Institute of Technolgy, Mayurakshi is passionate about rowing.She has already participated in several national events and won medals for the state.
"This was a great achievement by the Indian team. I am also proud of my daughter who bagged a silver in the Open Mixed Four category and a bronze in Women's Doubles. She takes the sport very seriously and is a member of Bengal Rowing Club and West Bengal Rowing Association (WBRA). She was at the RFI National Training Camp in Hyderabad since September 30 before proceeding to Thailand for the event. She arrived in Kolkata on Monday," Mayurakshi's father Milon Mukhopadhyay said.
Her coach Sudip Naha of the WBRA, who is an acclaimed rower himself, is also very excited at Mayurakshi's performance. He believes that the college student is capable of more and can do win more medals at international events, given her dedication to the sport.