State fencers end campaign with six medals at Sr National Fencing Cship
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 31 2024:
Manipur ended their campaign with six medals in the 34th Senior National Fencing Championship 2024, which wrapped up at Guwahati, Assam on Wednesday.
The state team claimed one silver and five bronze medals over the course of the four-day competition.
In the women's epee team event, the state quartet of S Necyrose, L Bidyabati Devi, M Stella Devi and S Kiran-bala Devi finished second to secure the lone silver medal for Manipur.
On the other hand, both the men's and women's sabre teams bagged bronze medal.
The men's sabre team comprised L Moramba Singh, O Yuvraj Singh, Th Mexi Singh and S Chingkhinganba Singh, while the women's sabre team was made up of L Abi Devi, P Ambika Devi and Muruga Laxmi.
Also, the state men's foil team of K Denny Singh, H Rabikumar Singh, S Hemash Singh and L Tomba Singh took bronze medal.
The other two medals came courtesy of K Denny Singh, who finished third in the men's individual foil event, and L Bidyabati Devi, who got her bronze in the women's individual epee event.