Eastern Command congratulates Subedar Solairaj D’s of Brahmastra Corps for winning the Gold medal in the Men’s Long Jump (T64) at 23rd National Para Athletics Championship 2025 held at Chennai from 18-20 February 2025, breaking his own Asian Record with a jump of 6.80m!
The Indian Army who are always made more than 140 Crore people of the Motherland feel safe by guarding India’s International borders with their selfless sacrifice and dedication has also been very prominent with its contribution towards sports helping the country provide some of the best athletes on the global stage.
Indian Armed forces have a major contribution towards the field of sports in India for a long time.
Services Sports Control Board is one of the best sports control boards of India.
If they would have got adequate funds like BCCI , I am sure they would have produced many more world class sports persons and could also improve the rank of India at least within the first ten rankings in the World sports.
However,Army is proud of Subedar Solairaj D’s achievement and wishes him continued success in the future.
(Ms. Pratyusha Mukherjee, an Independent Sr. Broadcast Journalist working for British media with 20 years of experience in covering the east and northeast, with specialisation in Defence and Sports.She is associated with us as Editorial head of Defence and Sports.)
