Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia inaugurated the three-day State-level Mukhya Mantri Cup Competition at TT Nagar Stadium here on Monday.
On the inaugural ceremony, Scindia said that the main objective of organizing the Mukhya Mantri cup is to identify the rural talent, affiliate them with our Sports Academy and prepare them for national and international level competitions. She said that introduced in 2014, the Mukhya Mantri Cup has proved to be helpful in selecting talent from rural areas. The Sports Minister said that from next year onwards all participants of the state –level Mukhya Mantri Cup will be provided track suits. Additional Chief Secretary Sports and Youth Welfare Mohan Rao, Director Sports and Youth Weldare S.L. Thaosen and about 1260 boys and girls of 10 divisions of the state were present on the occasion.
The state-level Mukhya Mantri Cup competition includes players from Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Chambal, Narmadapuram, Sagar, Rewa and Shahdol divisions. Kabaddi, Volleyball, Football, Karate, Wrestling and Athletics competitions will be played at TT Nagar stadium. The football competition of the boys category will be played at Motilal Vigyan Mahavidyalaya. The Mukhya Mantri Cup will be played from 8:00 am every day.
Here on Monday various matches were played at the stadium.
There were matches played in 200 meter race, high jump, javelin throw and athletics. In the 200 meter race Shivam Singh of Bhopal Division secured the first position, Akshat Chaudhary of Ujjain secured second place and Mahesh of Indore secured third place.
Similarly, in the high jump Sandeep of Indore secured first position, Nitesh Singh of Chambal secured second position and Nitesh of Bhopal secured third position. In Javelin Throw Arif Mansoori of Jabalpur secured first position, Rinku Yadav from Bhopal and Gulab Singh of Narmadapuram secured second and third positions respectively. In girls’ category of 200 meter race Vishakha Handa of Jabalpur, Priyanka Mishra of Rewa and Gradeva Sharma of Ujjain secured first, second and third positions respectively.