With 28 medals in hand, Chhattisgarh emerged as overall Champion at the 11th National Junior Jump Rope Championship held at Nasik in Maharashtra. Players from the State bagged 18 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze in the national event held recently at Nasik. Officials of the Chhattisgarh Jump Rope Association informed that this was the second consecutive title of overall championship for Chhattisgarh. Earlier, we had also won the 10th National Junior Championship held in Karnataka, they stated.
The Chhattisgarh Olympic Association (CGOA) Secretary General Baldeo Singh Bhatia congratulated the players for achieving the feat of overall Champion for the second time. In the team event, Abhijit Mohdikar, Himanshu Biturwar, Vishal Kashyap and Hritik Verma putting outstanding effort made a clean sweep as the team won all the 8 Gold medals of the event.