Clean sweep by Haryana in Junior and Sub-Junior National Wrestling

 CHANDIGARH, MARCH 24

Haryana made a clean sweep by winning all twenty gold medals, including 10 in junior girls section, in the 2021 Sub-Junior (Cadet) Girls and Junior Women National Wrestling Championships at Inspire Institute of Sports, Bellary (Karnataka)..Bellary, Karnataka. 

Sweety (50 kg), Pinki (53 kg), Usha (55 kg), Manisha (57 kg), Sanju (59 kg), Priyanka (62 kg), Bhateri (65 kg), Arju (68 kg), Reetika (72 kg) and Pooja (76 kg) won gold medals in their respective categories to help Haryana claim the team trophy in the Junior Championships. Haryana also earned two silver and four bronze medals.

Uttar Pradesh logged 112 points to finish runners-up while Maharashtra collected 108 sh third.  Delhi and Punjab were tied with 84 points apiece. 

In the Sub-Junior (Cadet) Girls competitions, Kajal (40 kg), Tannu (43 kg), Komal (46 kg), Aarti (49 kg), Antim (53 kg), Jyoti (57 kg), Nikita (61 kg), Kiran (65 kg), Harshita (69 kg) and Saneh (73 kg) clinched gold medals fot Haryana.

Dominating the sub-junior category Haryana secureed 240 points to grab the team trophy.    Delhi  and  Maharashtra  bagged 143  and 130 points to finish runners-up and third, respective;y.

Results

Junior women:

53 kg: 1 Pinki (Har), 2 Sapna Kumari (Punjab), 3 Sadhna (UP) and Pooja (MP).

55 kg: 1 Usha (Haryana), 2 Sita (Haryana), 3  Vishranti (Maharashtra) and Bhavika Patel (Gujarat).

57 kg: 1 Manisha (Har), 2 Veerpal Kaur (Punjab), 3Asna Sarena (Karnataka) and Priyanka (Har).

62 kg: 1 Priyanka (Haryana), 2 Shrusti (Mah), 3 Sonika (Har) and Pooja (Raj).

65 kg: 1 Bhateri (Har), 2  Gauri (Mah), 3 Rekha Jaat (MP), 3 Sumit Kumari (Har) and Manvika (UP).

68 kg: 1 Arju (Har), 2 Dinesh (Del), 3 Nisha (Chandigarh) and Anshu (UP).

72 kg: 1 Reetika (Har), 2 Bipasha (Del), 3 Manju (Har) ans Esha Punia (Chd).

Team Championship: 1 Haryana 250 pts,  2 UP 112 pts   3 Maharashtra 108 pts. 4  Delhi and Punjab 84 pts each, 6 MP 83 pts, 7 Karnataka 43 pts;  8 Gujarat 37 pts; 9 Chandigarh and Kerala 30 pts

Sub-Junior (Cadet) Girls: 

43 kg:  1 Tannu (Har), 2 Shruti (Mah).

46 kg: 1 Komal (Haryana), 2 Madhuri (MP), 3 Neha (Mah).

57 kg: 1 Jyoti (Har), 2 Shikha (Delhi), 3 Hasaben (MP).

65 kg: 1. Kiran (Hay), 2. Situ (Har), 3 Siddhi (Mah).

 69 kg: 1 Harashita (Har), 2 Bhumi (Har), 3 Tannu (Del).

73 kg: 1 Saneh (Har), 2 Riya (Del), 3 Himanshi (MP).

Team championship: 1 Haryana 240 pts, 2  New Delhi  143 and 3 Maharashtra  130.

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