5th Federation Cup Wushu Championship : Manipur emerge Tai Chi team champions
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 25 2018:
State Wushu team stamped their authority in the Tai Chi events of the 5th Federation Cup Wushu Championship 2018 to emerge team champions with a total of 12 gold medal, 6 silver and 2 bronze medals while the Sanshou team bagged 1 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medal to make it 25 medals in aggregate.
A 27 member State Wushu team including officials took part in the championship organised under the aegis of Wushu Association of India at Lovely Professional University from June 19 to 24 .
Boy's competition : S Marshal clinched 3 gold medals in the Changquan, Jianshu and Qiangshu events of the championship while Y Ananda struck 2 gold medals in Taijiquan and Taijijian events.
Kh Thoungamba (Taijiquan, Taijijian) and M Punshiba (Nangun) secured 2 and 1 silver medals respectively while H Ramananda (Nanquan, Nandao and nangun) finished with 2 silver and one bronze medals.
In the male dual competition, H Ramananda Meitei and M Punshiba collected one gold medal each for Manipur.
Girl's competition : T Arita Devi bagged 3 gold medals in the Nanquan, Nandao, Nangun events while N Pushpa fetched two gold medals, one each in the Taijiquan and Taijijian events.
L Bijeshori Chanu was able to claim 1 silver, 1 bronze medals.
In the female dual competition, T Arita Devi and L Bijeshori Chanu overpowered their opponent to clinch gold medals.
Sanshou events : Th Meneka Devi bagged a gold medal in the 65 kg competition while L Malem Chanu finished with silver in the 52 kg competition.
L Kalpana Chanu laid her hand on the silver medal in the 48 kg competition, N Indrakumar Singh fetched a silver medal in the 90 kg bout while Y Thoisana Singh finished with bronze medal in the 65 kg category.