The Chhattisgarh Under-17 jump rope team came out with flying colours in the 59th National School Sports Competition, which commenced here on Thursday.
The players of Chhattisgarh clinched four gold, two silver and one bronze medals in the game played on Day one. The Jump Rope (boys and girls) event is being held at Bhilai School, Sector-2. According to Jump Rope Federation of India vice president Akhilesh Dubey, on Day one, two events — Endurance 3 Minute and Speed 30 Second were organised. Dhananjay Baghel captured the gold medal in the Endurance 3 Minute followed by Manish Kumar from IPSC winning silver and Salat from Gujarat making away with bronze medal in boys’ group.
Similarly, in girls’ category, Amisha Pal (Delhi) won gold in Endurance 3 Minute, Pandya won Silver and Rajazabik Mezban from Chhattisgarh won Bronze. Further in the 30 Second Speed Rohan Das from Chhattisgarh won silver. The gold in this category went too, Sumit from IPSC and bronze was clinched by Divyank from Delhi in boys’ group. likewise in girls' category, Jeevni Janghel from Chhattisgarh won Gold in a tough competition, Nandita from Delhi won silver and Sompura Krishna from Gujarat won bronze medal.
In the Team event, Chhattisgarh won gold in Speed Relay while IPSC and Delhi bagged silver and gold in boys’ category. Chhattisgarh girls also won gold in the Spped Relay event followed by Delhi won silver and Gujarat won bronze. Under Relay category Chhattisgarh had to satisfy with a bronze medal as Maharashtra won gold while Delhi clinched the silver medal. In girls’ category, IPSC won Gold while Delhi and Maharashtra won silver and bronze.