Haryana on top in wrestling, bags 4 out of 5 gold medals

Chandigarh: In the Khelo India Youth Games being held in Panchkula, Haryana wrestlers won 4 medals out of 5 gold medals in the wrestling competition of boys and girls on Monday.
In Greco-Roman 55 kg weight category, Suraj of Haryana won the gold medal by defeating Vishwajeet of Maharashtra by 10-1 points.
On the other hand, in women’s 61 kg weight category, Haryana’s Savita won gold medal by 10-6 points. The silver medal in this category was also won by Shiksha of Haryana.
Similarly, in the boys’ freestyle 60 kg weight category, Ravinder of Haryana defeated Ajay of Maharashtra by 11-8 points and won the gold medal. In the 71 kg weight category, Narender of Haryana won the gold medal by defeating Amit of Haryana. In this category, silver was also won by a wrestler of Haryana. In this way Haryana won 7 out of 10 medals.
Both the boys and girls volleyball teams of Haryana have entered the finals. It is also interesting that both the teams are competing with the teams of Tamil Nadu. In the first semi-final of boys, Haryana defeated Rajasthan in a tough competition.
In the second semi-final, Tamil Nadu defeated Gujarat and made it to the final.
Haryana has also won four medals in Thang-Ta. The state won one bronze and one silver medal in the Under-18 men’s competition. Similarly, Haryana has won two silver medals in the Under-18 women’s competition.
Haryana also won the gold medal in the under-18 single stick team event of Gatka. This team consisted of Inderjit Singh, Krish and Jashanpreet Singh.
Similarly, in the individual men’s category of Gatka, Waris Preet Singh won the silver medal. Arjneet Kaur won silver medal in single stick individual women’s category. (UNI)