Chandigarh University secured the team championship title in men’s and women’s wrestling at the Khelo India University Wrestling Games 2023 held at the IG Stadium on Sunday with Governor of Nagaland La Ganesan as the guest.
Speaking on the sideline of the programme, Governor expressed joy at witnessing numerous participants and skilled wrestlers present and was pleased that the event occurred in the state.
In senior women’s wrestling team, Chandigarh University bagged gold, Lovely Professional University bagged silver and bronze by Guru Kashi University. In men’s team wrestling, Chandigarh University bagged gold, Guru Kashi bagged silver Bronze by Rani Chanamma University, Karnataka.
During the programme, traditional Naga wrestlers, Venuzo Dawhuo and Kezhaseluo-o Pienyü, demonstrated the Naga traditional wrestling to showcase the unique wrestling style to the guests.
Naga Wrestling Association representative detailed that in a demonstration match about, Naga wrestling which involved two players, a main referee, three subordinate referees, a timekeeper, two belt binders, and two runners which was followed by a medal ceremony led by the Governor and giving away the award of the champions.
Altogether, 232 athletes, 25 technical officials and 55 support staff from 72 universities across the country attended the games. The athletes and officials will depart on February 26.
The results on the final day:
Freestyle seniors 61 kg
Gold – Ramkesh of CU
Silver- Aksh of SLBSRSU
Bronze – Anil Kumar of LNIPE
Freestyle senior 86kg
Gold – Sachin of CU
Silver – Pushpender Dalal of MDU
Bronze – Badal Vidhuri of CDLU
Freestyle seniors 125kg
Gold – Aman Rathi of GKU
Silver – Sudarshan Mahadev Kotkar of SPPU
Bronze – Sakesh of SJJTU
Women’s seniors 57 kg
Gold – Shilpa of BPSMV
Silver – Hansabenrathore of LPU
Bronze – Manju of GKU
Women’s senior 65kg
Gold – Komal of CRSU
Silver – Antim of CU
Bronze – Diksha Malik of GKU
Bronze- Freedomyadav of LPU
Women’s senior 68 kg
Gold – Sumit Kumari of IGU
Silver – Tamanna of MDU
Bronze – Shravani Dnyaneshwar Shelake of SU
Women’s seniors 76kg
Gold – Reetika of CU
Silver – Sunena of MDU
Bronze – Shikha Dabas of GKU
Greco- Roman seniors 55 kg
Gold – Sanjeev of LPU
Silver – Raju Borasi of DAV
Bronze – Dinesh Yadav of BHU
Greco-Roman 87kg senior category wrestling
Gold – Yudhaveer of OPJSU
Silver – Aditya A Bedyale of VSKU
Bronze – Deepak Singh of LNIPE
Greco- Roman senior 130kg
Gold – Sagar of DKNMU
Silver – Linkan Singh Yadav of DRMLAU
Bronze – Wadajakr Deepak Balaji of SRTMU.