Participants from the Birla Nagar Arm-wrestling Academy gave a stunning performance at the National Arm-wrestling Competition held at Mathura from June 01 to 05.
By bagging 24 medals in various categories of the said competition, Gwalior has made it to the list of the top three teams in the country. Contestants from 25 states of the country had participated in the competition, in which more than 1300 players took part. Apart from Gwalior, Bhopal and Dewas also got 1 medal each. Madhya Pradesh bagged a total of 26 medals.
According to sources in the Birla Nagar Arm-wrestling Academy, Umesh Pal's performance was the best among all the players of the state.
While congratulating the winners and the coaching staff, President of the Gwalior Arm-wrestling Association Dr. Keshav Pandey assured the players of Gwalior that the facilities in the academy will be further increased. World champion Manish Kumar, coach of the Arm-wrestling Academy congratulated the players. Talking to the media persons here, Manish Kumar said that the first and the second placed players in the said competition will participate in Kazakhstan World Championship to be held in the month of October.