Jammu wins team championship in Gymnastics
JAMMU: Hosts Jammu Frontier clinched the team championship trophy in Gymnastics to continue at the top in the points tally at the end of day-three of ongoing Inter Frontier Games of the Border Security Force (BSF), here on Wednesday.
To claim the team championship, Jammu Frontier secured 258 points. The second place shared by Rajasthan and Tripura with same 251.5 points. Punjab bagged the third position while Gujarat, South Bengal and Mizoram and Cachhar (M&C) had to contain with fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.
The all round best gymnasts title went to Constable Mohd Shahbaz Alam of Punjab Frontier with highest individual tally of 63.95 points.
Meanwhile, in wrestling, especially Greco Roman style, Jammu Frontier could not do well today. North Bengal and South Bengal wrestlers made their presence felt winning most of the medals in three weight categories decided today.
In weightlifting, wherein two weights decided today, M&C clinched both the gold medals. However, in 77 kg category, Constable Joginder Barman bagged silver for Jammu Frontier.
In the meantime, the competition in boxing has reached quarterfinals and semifinals stages.
The Detailed Results:
WEIGHTLIFTING: 77 kg: Ct. Ashwin Kumar, M&C, Ist; Ct. Joginder Barman, Jammu, 2nd; G Mani Kandan, Gujarat, 3rd, Ct. D D Roy, Punjab, 4th; Harnak Singh, Punjab, 5th and Ct. Sonu Kumar, South Bengal, 6th. 85 kg: P Prakash, M&C, Ist; J Danial, North Bengal, 2nd; Sanjeet Singh, Jammu Frontier, 3rd; Harpreet Singh, Punjab, 4th; Naresh Kumar, Rajasthan, 5th and Sachin Kumar, Gujarat, 6th.
WRESTLING: Greco Roman: 59 kg: Satyawan, South Bengal, Ist; Rahul Kohli, North Bengal, 2nd; Vikram Singh, Rajasthan, 3rd; Ravinder Kumar, Guwahati, 4th; Amol Desai, Gujarat, 5th and Ram Dayal, Rajasthan, 6th. 75 kg: Rambir Singh, North Bengal, Ist; Naresh Kumar, South Bengal, 2nd; Satish Kumar, North Bengal, 3rd; Sanjay Kumar, Rajasthan, 4th; Purshotam, Gujarat, 5th and Sandeep, Gujarat, 6th. 98 kg: Virendra Kumar, Rajasthan, Ist; Sandeep Sharma, South Bengal, 2nd; Rajbir, Rajasthan, 3rd; Pankaj Kumar, Guwahati, 4th; Deepak Sharma, South Bengal, 5th and Ravi Kumar, Gujarat, 6th.
