Himachal: State gets 3 silver medals in National Kurash Competition

Himachal Pradesh: Himachal Pradesh won three silver and two bronze medals in the recently held Senior National Kurash Championship in Ludhiana. Himachal Pradesh Kurash Association general secretary Virendra Singh Dhaulta said that this success is the result of hard work of the players and team cooperation. This year the state team has won a total of three gold, 14 silver and as many bronze medals in national sub-junior to senior competitions, which is the highest in any sport. Apart from this, the school’s national boys and girls under-19 team is also playing in Raipur, which is expected to give good results.

A team of 24 players including 12 men and 12 women from Himachal Pradesh participated in the competition. Vishal (90 kg, Bilaspur) and Bhaskar (60 kg, Mandi) won silver medals. Meena Kumari (78 kg) of Kullu and Aditya (110 kg) of Chamba also won silver medals. Anuj (55 kg, Bilaspur) won a bronze medal. The team delegation was headed by Hardev Singh, while Mukul Sharma and Roop Singh guided the players as coaches. Whereas, Ninram played the role of technical officer. Association president Kaushal Mungta congratulated all the winners.