The players of the Bhopal have brought laurels for the city by winning 14 gold medals, 2 silver medals and one bronze medal and by making Bhopal the overall champion of the competition on the second of the State level ‘Khelo India’ tournament.
Final matches of judo, athletics and boxing were conducted on Wednesday under the Khelo India campaign at the TT Nagar stadium of the city. Various competitions of nine different games are being organized during the state level event till December 31. Players of 10 divisions are taking part in the tournament.
The first position winners (gold medalists) have got the cash prize of `3,000 along with the medal while the second (silver) and third prize winners (bronze) of the competition have received `2,000 and `1,000 respectively.
Bhopal’s Payal and Drishti have bagged gold medals in the 100 meter competition of athletics while Manju Yadav and Bushra Khan have won gold medals in the 400 meter competition in the girls’ category.
Chambal’s Abhishek bagged the first position in the under 25 kg category of judo competition while Gwalior’s Puspendra and Bhopal’s Sudeep attained the second and the third position respectively.
Jabalpur’s Arjun won the first position in the under 40 kg category of the judo competition while Ujjain’s Raj and Bhopal’s Rahul attained the second and the third position respectively.
Bhopal’s Kapil Parmar attained the first position in the under 60 kg category of the judo competition while Chambal’s Amar Singh and Jabalpur Rohit Singh bagged the second and the third position respectively.