Traditional Sports: Division Level Competition from 19

Ambikapur. Chhattisgarh Olympics 2023-24 is being organized to encourage the traditional sports activities of Chhattisgarh in rural and urban areas, to provide a platform to the participants and to increase awareness about sports and develop sports spirit among them. The first phase of the competition, which started from the Rajiv Yuva Mitan Club level on the day of Hareli Tihar, the first Tihar of Chhattisgarh, has been played till the district level, in which people participated enthusiastically. Now this competition has reached the fifth phase at the divisional level, the winning players will compete at the district level in the competition organized at the divisional level. After this, the winning players at the divisional level will participate in the sixth and last phase at the state level.
In the division level competition in Surguja division, more than two thousand players, winners of the district level competition from all the six districts of the division, Surguja, Jashpur, Balrampur, Surajpur, MCB, Korea, will reach the division headquarters Ambikapur to participate. The competition will be organized from 19 to 21 September 2023 at Gandhi Stadium, Ambikapur. Along with the inaugural ceremony on September 19, there will be a tug of war and wrestling competition, while on September 20, Gilli Danda, Pitthul, Langdi race, Billas, Fugdi, Gedi race, 100 meter race, long jump and tug of war will be organised. Similarly, Sankhali, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Baati (Kancha), Bhanwara games will be organized along with the closing ceremony on 21st September. There are three age groups in the competition, the first group is up to 18 years of age, the second group is up to 18-40 years of age and the third group is up to 18 years of age. The class will include both male and female participants above 40 years of age.