Indian team wins bronze in Asian paragliding meet

CHANDIGARH: Indian paragliding team comprising of Adie Kumar, Jyoti Prakash, Dilip Kotecha, Gurpreet Dhindsa, Vijay Soni and Sanjay Pendurkar won bronze medal in the recently-concluded third FAI Asia Paragliding Championship at Linzhou, China.
As many as 70 pilots took part in the competition. Most pilots were from Asian countries and a few had come from other continents also.Japan with 7129 points was declared first, while Korea (6699 points) came in second.
The Indian team logged 5289 points to finish third in the championship which started on May 24 and ended on June 2. The Indian team had intensively trained at Bir-Billing in HP in the run up to the competition.
Pilot Gurpreet Dhindsa said, "It was a tough competition and we were not hoping to win a medal but finally we did it with presence of mind and a bit of daredevilry."
The event was a continental championship with disciplines such as Cross Country and Cross Country (women) category.