MDU emerge champs

Sirsa: Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, won the overall trophy with 24 points in the All-India Inter-Varsity Women’s Wrestling Championship that concluded in the Chaudhary Devi Lal University here today.

Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), Meerut, finished second with 19 points, while the Kurukshetra University (KU) bagged third position with 11 points.

In the matches played today, Geeta (MDU), who won gold for India in the Commonwealth Games, defeated Pooja Dhanda of KU to win gold in 59-kg category. Kamlesh of Devi Ahilya University, Indore, and Gargi Yadav of CCSU got bronze medals.

In the 67-kg category, Nikki (MDU) won gold, Kritishna Arya of Uttaranchal Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya got silver, while Kiran (KU) and Manu Tomar (CCSU) had to be content with bronze.

The gold in 51-kg category went to Archna of CCSU, who defeated Sheetal Tomar of the Rajasthan University Jaipur, in the final. Kaushalya (Bombay University) and Rekha Rathore (Kota University) got bronze in this category.

The Tribune


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