The athletics team of West Bengal (WB) comprising adolescent boys and girls bagged 14 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze medals at the inaugural day of three day 25th East Zone Junior Athletics Championships organised in Mega Sports Complex at Hotwar on Friday. Jharkhand led the second position with 12 gold, four silver and eight bronze medals.
Among the ten participating teams for under 14 (U-14), U-16, U-18 and U-20 game events here, WB and Jharkhand have the maximum athletes. As many as 143 players are representing the team of Jharkhand whereas 146 players are performing on behalf of WB. The first day events included 100 to 5,000 metres run, long Jump, High Jump, High Jump, Javelin and Shot Put.
Unfortunately, teams from Tripura, Mizoram and Meghalaya could not mark a consistent effort during these events. Overall, 66 types of athletic game events are scheduled at this tournament. The Tournament will be concluding on Monday with Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Geetashree Oraon encouraging the winners as the Chief Guest.