Guwahati: In yet another glorious moment, Pallavi Das of Special Branch (Assam Police) bagged two more medals in Field and 3D Archery at the World Police and Fire Games held at Chengdu in China.
As per reports, her medal tally stands at 3 - Two Gold and One Silver.
It may also be mentioned that Pallavi bagged the gold in archery by scoring 388.
Earlier, she won two Gold and one Silver medal at the World Police Sports Meet 2018 in Los Angeles, United States.
It may also be mentioned that in an absolutely stellar performance Assam girl Tunlai Narzary of 20th Assam Police (IR) Battalion clinched the Gold Medal in Shot Put at the World Police & Fire Games.
Hailing from Ghilaguri Dotma village in Kokrajhar, Tunlai Nazzary earlier participated at the 22nd Tatyana Kolpakova Memorial International Athletics Meet which was held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan recently.
Tunlai also achieved the feat at a record of 13.83 m in women’s shot put.
The Kokrajhar girl started her sports career with a 100-m sprinter and later joined the Sports Authority of India‘s (SAI)‘s Kokrajhar centre in 2008.
Her first international competition was in 2013 when she was named in the Indian contingent for the second South Asian Junior Athletics Championship. The competition was held in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
The same year she clinched a gold medal with a throw of 12.09 m in women’s shot put in the National Inter-Zonal Athletics Championship held in Kerala from September 22 to 24, 2013. This was followed by her securing the first position in the East Zone Athletics Championship held in Ranchi.
Another recent achievement by Tunlai was a gold medal that she bagged in the shot put at the 1st North East Olympic Games. The competition was held in Manipur in 2018.
At a time when Assam girl Hima Das has paved the path for the promising talents from the state to earn name and fame in the international platform, this the right time that one grabs the right opportunity and make the best use of it.