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Five top paddlers set to defend titles at SAF jr TT champ

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Press Trust of India Shillong

Mallika Bhandarkar, currently ranks 95 in the world junior category, has won the French Open Cadet Singles in 2010, was runners up in Bahrain Junior Open the same year, winner of Indian Open Cadet Singles in 2008 and 2010 and was runners up in 2009.

She was also a member of the gold medal winning Indian contingent in 2009 Asian championship in Japan, and was member of the 2011 silver medalist in French and Spanish Open. She was also in the team that won the US Open under-18 team and made the nation proud in 2009 and 2010 by winning the SAF Junior TT Championship.

 

Abhishek Yadav, ranked 175 in world junior ranking, was a member of the US Open champion under-18 team, was member of the World Cadet Challenge and Junior Circuit and was runners up in doubles in the same event. He was also member of the runners up team of Indian Open 2008 and was crowned the Singles champ.

Utkarsh Gupta ranks 37 (Cadet) in world winners of US Open 2010 and 2011, was South Asian Champion last year, Spanish Junior Open bronze medalist and also in Hongkong Junior Open and in Indian Open has lifted gold, silver and bronze medals respectively. MORE PTI JOP

Spoorthy Karnam ranked 35 in the world (Cadet) as an under-15 was in the team that lifted the US Open Championship last year and as an individual was placed second. She was also a member of the winning team in the Indian Open and as an individual was placed third. She was member of the under-18 team that bagged the second place in the Spanish Open last year and the team that bagged third place at the Slovaka Open.

Doing the north east proud, a young lad from Mizoram in the form of Lalrin Puia who won last year

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First Published: Jun 15 2012 | 10:35 PM IST

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