A number of Rajasthan based Olympians & international medal winners joined Shri Rahul Gandhi in Bharat Jodo Yatra today.
Players included Commonwealth Gold medalist & Olympian Krishna Poonia; Olympian shooter Divyansh Singh Parmar; Asian Gold Medalist & Olympian Bhupinder Singh; Olympian Race Walker Sapana Poonia; Olympian Archer Shyam Lal.
Olympian Archer Dhulchand Damor; Asian Gold Medalist Sumitra; South Asian Gold Medalist Kachnar Chaudhary; Dronacharya Awardee Athletics Coach and former international hammer thrower Virender Poonia; Dronacharya Awardee coach Heeranand Kataria and the world record holder in Yoga, Yogi Ramras Ramsnehi.
The players walked more than 5 kilometres in the Yatra.Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' resumes from Golya in Rajasthan's Dausa this morning. The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which began on September 7 from Kanyakumari, will cover 3,570 km by next year. It is the longest march on foot by any Indian politician in the history of India, the Congress has claimed.