State fencers bag nine medals at NSG
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 21 2024:
Manipur U-17 fencing team won five gold, one silver and three bronze medals in the 68th National School Games 2024-25 held in Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir from November 17 to 21 .
The state girls emerged team champions while the boys settled for the runners-up.
On the first day of the games, girls' foil team clinched the gold medal, followed by the boys winning the foil team title on the second day, and girls' sabre team bagging the state's third gold and epee team settling for the bronze medal.
On the third day, boys' epee team bagged the bronze medal, as P Ambika wrested the gold in girls' sabre individual, T Manganleibi Devi topped in girls' foil and K Prithibiraj bagged the silver in boys' foil individual on the fourth day.
Sh Zenith won the bronze medal in boys' foil individual as the state ended the tournament on a high on the last day.