Manipur runners up at Vovinam meet
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 26 2023:
Manipur team finished runners-up in the 12th National Vovinam Championship held at Guwahati, Assam with a total haul of 20 gold and four silver medals.
Host Assam won the championship title by bagging 28 gold, 29 silver and 38 bronze medals as Maharashtra finished third with 15 gold, 11 silver and 10 bronze medals.
On the last day of the championship on Saturday, Sukham Beauly (52 kg), Sapam Lanchenbi (60 kg) and L Regan (54 kg) won gold medals in junior girls, senior girls and senior boys' fight competitions respectively.
In Forms and Event competition, L Regan bagged two gold medals in Thap Tu Quyen and Ngu Mon Quyen events and clinched another gold medal with T Somorjit in Song Luyen Ma Tao team event, while B Nishita won gold medal in Long Ho Quyen (Junior Girls) and L Pushpa a gold in Long Ho Quyen (Senior Girls) event.
On the other hand, T Suraj added one more gold medal to his tally by winning the Ngu Mon Quyen (Junior Boys) event.