36th State Arm Wrestling Championship begins
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 13 2018:
The 36th State Arm Wrestling Championship 2018 organised by Manipur Arm Wrestling Association kick-started today at Lilong Chajing Mamang Leikai Heining Makhong Community Hall in the presence of Dr RK Ranjan Singh, retd Director, College Development Council of Manipur University, Lamabam Lalmani Singh, Chairperson, Lilong Nagar Panchayat, Maibam Joykumar Singh, Councillor Ward Number 4, Lilong Nagar Panchayat and L Sarat, president Manipur Arm Wrestling Association as distinguished guests.
A total of 46 athletes (16 women and 30 men) from 10 units are participating in this championship.
Day 1 Results
Junior Boys: P Shivananda of JNV, Yaralpat finished first in the 50 kg category competition for junior boys while Asharat Ali and N Charlie both representing Wangkhei High School bagged the second and the third positions.
T Premjit of Wangkhei High School were able to claim the top spot in the 55 kg category while Md Wajir of the same school finished first in the 56 kg category.
T Satish of Sagolband Moirangpurel settled for the second spot in the 56 kg category.
Wareppam Jameson Singh of Lamding claimed the 70 kg title while Athokpam Boiton of Wangkhei High School settled for the second spot in this category.
In the above 80 kg category, Nishidev Ak of Konjeng Leikai was able to claim the first position.
Junior Girls : RK Stella of EK Gym and P Jaya of Model Club respectively finished first in the 50 kg and 55 kg competitions.
Master: Th Rajen of MPSC was able to finish first in the 70 kg Master competition while his compatriot K Dhanabir clinched 80 kg category title.
M Jivan and Md Abdul Salam also from MPSC finished first and second in the 90 kg category competition.
In the 100 kg category competition, Th Sarat Singh of EK Gym claimed the first position while Th Tondon of MPSC finished first in the above 100 kg category.