Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: November 14, 2023, 09:51 IST
An military officer has received 5 gold medals at the forty second World Medicine and Health Games in Colombia, defence officers mentioned on Monday.
Army Medical Corps officer Lt Col Sanjeev Malik is presently posted within the President’s Body Guards, Rashtrapati Bhavan, the defence ministry mentioned in a press release.
He has “made history by winning five gold medals in 42nd World Medicine and Health Games”, it mentioned.
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His victories within the 800-m, 1500-m, 3000-m, 5000-m, and cross-nation occasions make him the “only athlete to achieve this feat in 2023, and one of a select few since the Games began in 1978,” it added.
The World Medicine and Health Games, typically considered the Olympic Games for well being professionals, has developed into essentially the most prestigious international sporting occasion inside the medical group, the ministry mentioned.
His monumental feat just isn’t solely reflective of his perseverance and dedication, it can additionally encourage 1000’s of docs throughout size and breadth of this nation to pursue aggressive sports activities, the assertion mentioned.
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