The Chhattisgarh fencing team bagged one more bronze medal, taking the state’s medal tally to five on Monday at the National Games in Gandhinagar.
The fencing team won its third medal on Monday in the National Games in Épée event.
The fencing team of S.N. Shiv Magesh, R.S. Serjin, Yogesh Sahu and Siraj Khan in the Épée event entered the semi-final by defeating Diman Diu 45-34 in the quarter-final. The team lost to Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) 29-45 in the semi-final.
The team has to be satisfied with the bronze medal, said Manager Akhilesh Dubey.
Dubey said that on Tuesday that the Sabre event of fencing will be played in the men's category team championship. The team hopes to win a medal.
Chhattisgarh State Fencing President S. Bharathidasan and General Secretary Bashir Ahmed Khan and the Director of Sports and Youth Welfare Department, Shweta Sinha, congratulated the team.
Animesh Kujur from Chhattisgarh will present his challenge in the final of 200 metres in athletics. The players in archery and aquatics could not perform well, said deputy Chef De Mission, Rupendra Chouhan.
Chhattisgarh now has a medal tally of three silvers (two fencing and one staking), one gold (skating) and one bronze (fencing).