Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 21: The girls team of Manipur became overall Champion while Haryana boys performed equally well to emerge overall Champions in boys category of the ongoing 68th National School Games (NSG) in the discipline of Fencing, organised by Directorate of Youth Services and Sports J&K under the banner of School Games Federation of India (SGFI) at Gymnasium Hall, University of Jammu here today.
Manipur secured 32 points and lifted the title trophy in girls’ category, while Haryana with 19 points and CBSE WSO with 13 points remained 1st and 2nd runners-up respectively.
Meanwhile, by securing 22 points, Haryana emerged Champions in boys’ category, while Manipur with 16 points was adjudged as runners-up and Punjab with 11 points bagged the 2nd runners-up spot.
With 9 points in their kitty J&K boys remained at 4th spot while with 3 points J&K girls were at 6th spot in their category.
However, J&K won a total of 6 medals with one Silver and 5 Bronze in U-17 Boys and Girls Fencing Championship and bagged 6 medals with 2 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze medals earlier in U-14 Boys and Girls Fencing Championship, thus making it a total of 12 medals in this event.
Earlier, in U-17 Boys Epee Individual today, Vikrampatni of Gujarat bagged Gold, Ravi Kumar Yadav of Bihar won Silver, while the Bronze medals were claimed by Shambanduram of Manipur and Saaid Ur Rehman of J&K.
Ashok Kumar Khajuria, Director Finance, Youth Services and Sports and Technical Education was chief guest on prize distribution function, who along with Ved Prakash, Joint Director Youth Services and Sports Jammu, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Accounts Officer Directorate of Youth Services and Sports J&K and Harvinder Kaur, Convener Ceremonies Committee 68th NSG presented medals to the winners.
Terming these Games as historic, Khajuria said that around 4000 athletes from across the country are taking part in these Games and J&K fencers have won 12 medals keeping J&K flag high.
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