The Under-14 Chhattisgarh contingent bagged gold medal in the National Kho-Kho Tournament organised at Khairagarh.
As many as 23 teams participated in the meet, stated officials.
The State team defeated West Bengal in the Quarter Finals and reached the Semi-Finals wherein it conquered Karnataka and qualified for the Finals.
Here, the players contested with Maharashtra players and defeated them.
The list of the players clinching the gold medal for the team includes Shiv Kumar, Amrit lal, Hemraj, Sukhchand, Sandeep Kumar and Renuram. All these boys hail from Eklavya Adarsh Residential Higher Middle School, Antagarh.
Kanker’s Tribal Development Assistant Commissioner Sankalp Sahu along with other officials congratulated the players on the occasion.