National-level archer from Maharashtra dies after falling from train at Rajasthan's Kota Junction
Kota (PTI): A 20-year-old national-level archer from Maharashtra died after he allegedly fell from a moving passenger train at Rajasthan’s Kota junction, police said on Sunday.
According to police, Arjun Sonawale, from Nasik, was returning home with his teammates and coach after participating in an event in Bhatinda, Punjab.
He was travelling with his teammates to Maharashtra by the Shakur Basti-Mumbai Central AC Special train, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said.
Around 8.30 pm, while the train was slowing down to halt at the Kota Junction, Arjun was standing at the gate of coach B4 along with a few others to move to another coach for food, when he accidentally slipped and fell between the train and the platform, police said.
The passengers and the railway staff pulled him out after the train stopped and rushed him to MBS Hospital. Later, his two cousins, who were also part of the team, shifted him to a private hospital where he died during treatment at night, police said.
The body was handed over to his relatives after post-mortem on Sunday morning, GRP official Dalchand Sain said.
Team manager Anil Kamlapure said Arjun was pursuing graduation and had won eight gold medals in state and national-level archery events.
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Sindhu out of Thailand Open, loses to Yamaguchi in quarterfinals
Bangkok (PTI): Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu squandered a one-game advantage to go down fighting to top seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open tournament here on Friday.
Sindhu lost 21-19, 18-21, 15-21 to world number three Yamaguchi in the women's singles quarterfinal match that lasted just over one hour in the USD 500,000 Super 500 tournament.
The two-time Olympic medallist and sixth seed Sindhu had reached the quarterfinals after beating Denmark's Amalie Schulz 21-13, 21-15 on Thursday.
Lakshya Sen, the 2021 World Championships bronze medallist, and the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will feature in the men's singles and men's doubles quarterfinals respectively later in the day.
