Sepaktakraw: State women win gold medal as men's team settles for silver
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, April 02 2023:
Manipur women's team clinched gold medal while the men's squad settled for silver in the 33rd Senior National Sepaktakraw Championship 2023 at Nagpur, Maharashtra on Sunday.
The women's team beat Nagaland by a 2-0 margin in their final match.
They captured the first Regu 21-11, 22-20 and sealed the win with a dominant 21-15, 21-6 result in the second Regu.
The state women started their campaign with a 3-0 drubbing of Uttar Pradesh and then they defeated Bihar in similar fashion before beating SSB 2-0 in their semifinal match.
Meanwhile, the state men's team had to be content with the silver medal after they faltered at the final hurdle against SSB.
Manipur lost 0-2 to their title opponents.
Earlier in their semifinal match, the state men outperformed Tamil Nadu 2-0 .