Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 19: J&K’s gritty and gutsy Fencer, Subhanaya Sharma has won Bronze medal at national scene, while Manipur’s Pangambam Ambika Devi clinched Sabre Individual Gold, Maharashtra’s Janhvi bagged Epee Individual Gold and Haryana boys claimed Epee team event in the ongoing 68th National School Games in the discipline of Fencing U-17 Boys and Girls, being organised by the Directorate of Youth Services and Sports, under the auspices of School Games Federation of India (SGFI) at Gymnasium Hall, University of Jammu.
This Fencing event is as part of the historic series of nationals being hosted by Jammu and Kashmir, under the patronage of Minister for Sports, Satish Sharma; Secretary Youth Services and Sports, Sarmad Hafeez and under the chairmanship of Director General Youth Services and Sports, Rajinder Singh Tara.
Earlier, in U-17 Girls Sabre individual event, the Gold medal was bagged by Pangambam Ambika Devi of Manipur, Silver by Anukriti Singh of Haryana and Bronze by Subhanaya Sharma of J&K and Antalya of Punjab.
In the U-17 Boys Epee team event, the Gold medal was bagged by Haryana’s quartet of Samar, Jayant Rounta, Prabhkaran Singh and Aryan Yadav, while Silver went to Punjab fencers Sudarshan Singh, Parteek Sharma, Tanish Jindal and Prabhnoor Singh Sidhu. The Bronze medal in this event went to Telangana and the fencers included Nirugonda Varshith, Cherka Vignesh, Bandavath Sairam and Mohammad Asif and the 2nd Bronze medal was bagged by the fencers from Manipur including Konsam Dronel Singh, Shambanduram Zenith Meitei, Tontang Haijam and Nelsom Hidam.
The Gold medal in Girls Epee Individual was bagged by Janhvi of Maharashtra, while Silver went to Adeeba of Telangana. Bronze medals were bagged by Pavani of Karnataka and Siddhi Ben of Gujarat.
Dr Zaffar Iqbal, Treasury Officer Gandhi Nagar was chief guest at prize distribution function, while Supriya Chauhan was the guest of honour, who along with Ved Prakash, Joint Director Youth Services and Sports Jammu present medals to all the winners.
Former International Fencer and International Referee Rashid Ahmed Choudhary is the Competition Director, while former International Fencer and reputed Fencing Coach Ujjawal Gupta is Competition Manager.
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