Rohtak celebrates young roller skater Devagya Arora's Nepal gold

Devagya Arora’s gold in the 6-to-8 age category at the 8th Indo-Nepal Sports Festival in Kathmandu quickly became a hometown moment in Rohtak, where former Haryana Cooperation Minister Manish Kumar Grover welcomed the young skater at his residence on June 26. The reception drew family members and other dignitaries, putting a local spotlight on a Class 1 student from Model School, Ambedkar Chowk, whose win at Mills Berry School had already lifted him into the conversation around Rohtak and Haryana sport.

Arora’s result mattered because it was not just participation abroad but a top finish in a clearly defined age group, the kind of early competitive benchmark that often decides whether a young skater gets continued coaching and travel support. The June 22 victory also carried school-level backing: Model School principal Dr. Tags was part of the reaction, showing that the medal was being framed as a shared achievement across the family, classroom and coaching circle around him. Grover’s praise centered on the gold bringing glory to Rohtak and Haryana, and that civic attention is often what turns a promising junior result into a funded pathway rather than a one-time celebration.

The win also fits a broader pattern in Arora’s season. On April 29, he had already won two gold medals at another skating championship, signaling that the Nepal result was part of an ongoing run rather than a sudden breakout. For a young roller skater, that kind of repeated success matters as much as the medal count itself, because it gives schools, local patrons and sports officials a reason to invest in equipment, travel and structured training before the athlete reaches older age brackets where the competition gets sharper.

The Nepal setting adds another layer to the story. The Nepal Skating and Skateboarding Association says it was established in 2015 and works under the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the National Sports Council of Nepal, while The Rising Nepal has noted 3,500 roller skaters applying when registrations were called and more than 275 skate parks across the country. That scale helps explain why Indo-Nepal school-level meets have become a serious proving ground for children like Arora, and why a gold medal in Kathmandu can travel back to Rohtak as both a sporting result and a demand for better local infrastructure.