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33rd National Sepaktakraw Championship : Manipur women's win team event gold; enter men's and women's regu quarters
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 03 2023:
Manipur women's team won gold medal as the men's team setted for a silver medal at the 33rd National Sepaktakraw Championship being underway in Nagpur at DSO Indoor Stadium.
After a sweeping league campaign, Manipur women's team defeated SSB 2-0 to seal the final spot and thumped Nagaland 2-0 to claim the top honour.
In the final, Manipur beat Nagaland 21-11, 22-20 in first regu and 21-15, 21-16 in second regu to finish on top.
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Meanwhile, the men's team overcame Tamil Nadu 2-0 (21-9, 21-12 in first regu and 21-16, 21-7 in second regu) to set up the final date with SSB.
In the final, Manipur went down 1-2 to finish runners up. After a successful team campaign, both the men's and women's team also entered regu event quarter finals with dominating wins in the league stage.
The men's team drawn in Group C alongside Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir and Karnataka had a sweeping campaign but went down to Assam in the last league match.
And despite the loss, the State team entered the quarter finals.
Taking on Jammu and Kashmir first, Manipur won 21-4, 21-8 and went on to beat Jharkhand 21-12, 21-9; Haryana 21-9, 21-16; Karnataka 21-10, 21-7 and Andhra Pradesh 21-18, 21-6 .
In the last league match, Manipur went down 16-21, 21-9, 18-21 to Assam.
Women's team however swept their group (A) campaign easing past Jharkhand 21-6, 21-1; Rajasthan 21-6, 21-3; Himachal Pradesh 21-3, 21-2; Uttarakhand 21-2, 21-3; Delhi 21-6, 21-8 and Bihar 21-3, 21-7 to finish Group winners.
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