Manipur players excel in Wushu nationals

Chandigarh, May 27 (UNI) Manipur won three gold medals on the second day of the 7th Indian Oil Seventh IndianOil Junior National Wushu Championship at the Sector 10 Skating Hall here tonight.

A Sanathoibi Chanu gave Manipur the first gold by finishing first in the Nanquan for girls. Lashimit Lepcha of Sikkam got silver medal.

Thoibi Devi of Manipur emerged winner in the Changquan for girls.

Manipur also got silver through K H Bidyashwari Chanu. Manipur's third gold medal was claimed by L Jhaljit Singh as he got the top position in Tajiquan for boys.

Amit and Ravi Pal, both of Chandigarh entered the second round in Sanshou competitons. In the below 45 kg Amit defeated Fourwell Khonmalai of Meghalaya while Ravi Pal of Chandigarh B defeated Rajnith of Lakshadeep in the same weight.

Results: Taolu (Routine) : Nanquan (girls): A Sanathoibi Chanu (Manipur), 2 Lashimit Lepcha (Sikkam), 3 K. Sathya (Tamil Nadu).

Changquan (boys): 1 L Bidyachandra Singh (Jharkhand), 2 L Rattan Singh (Manipur), 2 Prakash Singh Budha (UP). Girls: 1 P Thoibi Devi (Manipur), 2 KH. Bidyashwari Chanu ( Manipur), 3 Anjali Kostha (MP).

Tajiquan (girls): 1 L Sanatombi Chanu (Assam), 2 Ch. Devajani (Manipur), 3 N Sanjita (Assam). Boys: 1 L Jhaljit Singh (Manipur), 2 Y Jhonson Singh (Bihar), 3 M. Gyandesh Singh (Jharkhand).

Sanshou: Below 45 kg: Chandigarh's Amit (Chd) bt Fourwell Khongmalai (Meghalaya), Santosh Kumar (Bihar) bt M Shiva Bharti (TN), Amrinder Singh (Rajasthan) bt Rahul (Delhi), Bocha Venu Gopal ( Jharkhand) bt Kheshav (Uttrakhand), Daniel (Mizoram) bt Sai Prasad Shinde (Goa), Ravi Pal (Chandigarh B) bt Rajnith (Lakshadeep), Parveen RC (Kerela) bt Aroop Nag ( Tripura), Sandeep Kumar (Haryana) bt Rohit Yender Singh ( Manipur Upen Rabha ( Assam) bt Modi Sidharath ( Gujarat) Arjun Mehra ( J&K) bt Ahasan ( UP) Digamber (Mah) bt Jasbir (HP), N Boynao ( Arunachal Pradesh) bt Deepak Patel (MP).

Below 48 kg: Sachin ( Haryana bt Lamphrang, Suchiang ( Meghalaya), Herojit Singh, Manipur bt Gurdip Singh ( Chandigarh), A Mahesh, AP bt Tejinder Singh ( Chandigarh-B), H Kanta Singh, (Mah) bt Gurvinder Singh ( Rajasthan), Thomas (Assam) bt Kamal Midha ( Goa),W Nanao Singh, Nagaland bt Dilson Dave (Lakshadeev), Arvind Kumar ( Bihar) bt Ajay Kumar, (Punjab), Jai Sri Godham (TN) bt Solanki ( Gujrat), N Ronel Singh ( Kerela) bt Anuj Kumar (Daman Div)., Clalrinmawa (Mizoram) bt Gobind Rai ( WB), Prateek Koshwarwani, (MP) bt Sutragan Nebharma, (Tripura).

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