The third phase of the Chhattisgarhia Olympics will commence on Friday. It will feature development block and urban cluster-level competitions.
The winners from the zone-level held during the second phase will participate in them. The event will conclude on August 23.
In the first phase, the Rajiv Yuva Mitan club-level competition was organized from July 17 to 22. In the second, the zone-level competition was scheduled from July 26 to 31.
On the initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Chhattisgarh Olympics was started in 2022 to encourage traditional sports and spread awareness about sports and providing opportunities to players.
In the third phase, rural zone-level winners and teams will compete at the development block level, while urban zone-level winners and teams will compete at the urban cluster level.
In districts with municipal corporations, the urban cluster-level competition will be held at the municipal headquarters and will be equivalent to the development block level.
Zone-level winners of all Nagar Panchayats and municipal area will jointly compete in the corporation-level competition.
After the Rajiv Yuva Mitan club-level, zone-level and development block and urban cluster-level competitions, the fourth phase is scheduled to take place at the district level from August 27 to September 4.
Following that, the fifth phase will take place at the divisional level from September 10 to 20.
The final phase is scheduled from September 25 to 27. Chhattisgarhia Olympics is being organized in two categories. The team category includes games like gilli danda, pittul, sankhali, langdi daud, kabaddi, kho-kho, tug of war and baati (marbles).
In the singles category, participants can compete in billas, fugdi, gedi daud, bhawara, 100-metre race, long jump, rope jumping, and wrestling.