Kerala girls and Manipur boys emerged as overall champions in their respective categories at the 21st Junior National Fencing Championship that concluded here at Agrasen Dham on Monday. Chhattisgarh Fencing Association had jointly organized the mega event with Fencing Association of India and lafarge India Pvt ltd.
According to the score sheet of individual EPEE event (girls) final match, Pawandeep of Punjab defeated K P Nayana of Kerala by 15-10. In the individual Foil (girls) event, Manipur’s Tobi Devi registered trounced M G Aarcha of Kerala by 15-10 and grabbed Gold medal. In the final of boys event, Karan Singh of Rajasthan defeated Vishal Thapar of Jammu to won Gold medal. In this way, Thappar won Silver while Bronze medals went to Punjab’s Javed J and Varinder Singh.
In girls category players from Kerala first position with 34 points, Manipur second with 21 points and Chandigarh bagged the third position with 19 points. In Boys’ category, Manipur bagged the first position with 18 points, Army (SSCB) team slipped to second position as it falls short of one point and the third place went to Rajasthan.
Arjuna Awardee and former Indian Women Hockey Captain Saba Anjum and Arjuna Awardee Rajendra Prasad were honoured at the hands of guests during the prize distribution of the championship on Monday. The Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Department, Raipur, A K Panda was the chief guest of the function while Fencing Association President Sonmani Borah presided over.