Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 10: The ongoing 68th National School Games U-17 Boys Judo competition saw a historic achievement for Jammu and Kashmir, as Ridhum from J&K bagged a Silver medal in the -60 kg category. Meanwhile, Gold medals were claimed by Nitin Balhara of Madhya Pradesh, Yumnam Yohenba of Manipur, and Parekh Mitkumar of Gujarat in their respective weight categories at the Indoor Sports Complex in Bhagwati Nagar.
Earlier, J&K’s Ridhum entered the second round after Vinay of Goa was disqualified, then he toppled Sarrvesh of Puducherry to enter the third round. In the third round, Ridhum got the better of Aryan of Kendriya Vidyalaya and defeated Vaibhav of Punjab in the semifinals. However, Ridhum lost to Yumnam of Manipur in the finals to claim Silver medal in -60 kgs category. The bronze medals were bagged by Vinay Acharya of Rajasthan and Kapil Damai of Chandigarh.
In -55 kg, Nitin Balhara of Madhya Pradesh clinched gold, while Akash Khatri of Delhi bagged Silver and the Bronze medal in this category went to Aarush Dutta of CBSE and Motam Dutta.
The Gold medal in -80 kg category was clinched by Parekh Mitkumar of Gujarat, while the Silver in this category went to Huidrom of Manipur. Ashmit Mugra of CBSE and Ashwin Bharadwaj of Rajasthan claimed Bronze medals in this weight category.
The medals were presented to the winners by Joint Director Youth Services and Sports Jammu, Ved Prakash in presence of a galaxy of dignitaries from the School Games Federation of India (SGFI) and the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS)
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