The Chhattisgarh Jump Rope team clinched the title of overall champion at the 2nd South Asian Jump Rope Championship held at New Delhi from May 23 to May 27, 2013. The team returned to Raipur on Tuesday.
Nepal won the second position in the Championship while Bhutan had to satisfy with the third position while Sri lanka was at fourth place in the competition. The 16-member team of Chhattisgarh Jump Rope players won 9 Gold, 9 Silver and 9 Bronze to earn the number one position.
In the Under-10 category, Anish Tiwari won three Bronze medals in individual event (30-Second Speed, Double Under and Endurance 3 minutes). Anurag Bhattacharya won Gold in freestyle in this category.
In the Under-14 (boys) category, Abhijit Mohidkar clinched Gold in 30-second Speed and Endurance 3-minute and won Silver in Double Under. In the same category, Himanshu Bitulwar bagged Bronze in freestyle Double Under.
Anjali Sharma bagged Silver in 30-Second Speed and 3-Minute Endurance in the Under-16 category, while she won Bronze in Double Under. Pratik Rathore won Bronze medal in 3-Minute Endurance while Dhanshika Mathani won Gold in Double Dutch Pairs Relay team event.
In the Under-18 category, Sidra Fatma won Bronze medal in the 30-Second Speed
and Double Under. In the team event, Ritik Verma and Ayush Manikpuri brought two Gold medals for India in the Double Dutch Pairs Freestyle. In the Under-20 category, Rajdeep Singh Hargotra bagged three Gold medals in Single Rope Speed Relay, Double Dutch Pairs Relay and Double Dutch Freestyle.