All India Inter University Thang-Ta Competition : MUC cement lead with 25 medals including 10 gold till Day 3
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, April 08 2026: Manipur University of Culture (MUC) Thang-Ta athletes stamped their authority to gather 17 more medals on Day 3 of the All India All India Inter University Thang-Ta Competition and cemented their position on top of the overall tally with 10 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze medals.

The third day of the competition also saw hosts Manipur University (MU) give a tough competition and gathering 5 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze to remain second with, 7 gold 8 silver and 4 bronze while Dhanamanjuri University (DMU) bagged 4 gold and 1 silver medal to remain third with overall 6 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.

National Sports University (NSU) are fourth with 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.

All India Inter University Thang-Ta Competition

Day 3 highlight
Men's Phunaba Ahanba

L Lenin of Manipur University secured the men's -70 kg category Phunaba Ahanba gold medal beating M Elangamani Prabhu of TN Physical Education and Sports University (TNPESU) in the final as W Rohit of MUC and Rahul Nath of Bhagwant University settled for the bronze medals.

-75 kg category gold medal meanwhile went to N Sadananda of MUC who beat MU's Lisham Yohenba in the final.

TNPESU's V Sachin and Ashok Saini of Apex University shared the bronze medal podium in this category.

MU's Nikhil Sagolshem meanwhile earned the -80 kg category gold medal beating MUC's Chingakham Abash while Kartikey of University of Patanjali and Ajay Choudhary of Apex University bagged the bronze medals.

MUC's W Joyson further extended their gold medal haul by beating TNPESU's G Yuvaprasath as Mukesh Kumar of Apex University and Vijendra Singh of Bhagwant University claimed the bronze medals.

Women's -44 kg category Phunaba Ahanba gold medal on the other hand went to MUC's Leithanthem Ayingbi who got the better of MU's Ningthoujam Linda in the final.

Phunaba Anishuba

MUC's Langoljam Roshni meanwhile beat M Agalya of TNPESU for the women's -48 kg category Phunaba Anishuba title before Ahanthem Celina of MU sealed the -52 kg category title by beating Nupur Nath of the IFCAI University.

Meisnam Roniya of MUC claimed the -56 kg category title by defeating Mahira Gulzar of University of Kashmir in the final as DMU's Huidrom Aleea Chanu beat NSU's Ksh Sonali for the -60 kg category gold and University of Patanjali's Riya sealed the -64 kg category gold by defeating Monika of Bhagwant University in the final.

Bharathir University also opened their gold medal account today with Mary Priyadharshini beating AV Monika of TNPESU for the -68 kg category title.

NSU's Chanchanrani M meanwhile bagged the -72 kg category title by defeating MUC's H Anamika before compatriot Sarungbam Julia beat Komal Kanwal of Mody University of Science and Technology for the -76 kg category gold.

In the meantime, DMU's Thiyam Piyai Chanu picked the +76 kg category gold medal by defeating MU's Laishram Shelly in the final.

Yash Gameti of Bhupal Nobles University also put his university name in the medal tally by beating K Mowleeswar of TNPESU in the men's -46 kg category final.

Ng Victor Raj of NSU meanwhile defeated M Trinabarta of MUC for the -50 kg category gold as DMU's Lucky Yumkhaibam beat Jawahar S of TNPESU for the -54 kg category gold.

Th Srinivas also won MU a gold medal by beating Langonba Oinam of DMU in the -58 kg category final while K Loveson Singh of NSU beat W Bidyasagar of MU in the -62 kg category final.

S Lamjingba of host MU also won a gold medal in the -66 kg category competition as he beat N Sadananda of MUC in the final.

GNA University's Tarun Sharma also found his name among the gold medallists as he beat W Pritam of MUC in the -70 kg category final.

DMU's Rimex Khuraijam on the other hand sealed the -75 kg category gold medal by beating M Nepolian of MU in the final.

The competition will conclude tomorrow at Dr Kamal Indoor Stadium, Manipur University.