Jharkhand: Defeating Maharashtra, archers capture gold medal, Seraikela-Kharsawan shocks four gold
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Representing the Jharkhand team in the ongoing NTPC Senior National Archery Championship at Kevadia, Gujarat, the archers of Seraikela-Kharsawan district have performed well. In the team event (boys category) of the Indian round, the archers of Jharkhand defeated Maharashtra and captured the gold medal. The archers of Seraikela-Kharsawan district had a special contribution in this. In the boys category, Jharkhand’s gold medal winning team included archers Anil Lohar from Pindrabeda in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, archers Sameer Behera and Sunil Kumhar from Kharsawan and archer Mohit Kumar from Dumka. Apart from this, in the final match of the mixed team event, the team of Jharkhand won the silver medal by defeating the All India Police team by a small margin. Jharkhand was represented in the mixed team by Anil Lohar of Seraikela-Kharsawan and Varsha Khalko of Ranchi. Earlier, Sunil Lohar won a gold medal and Sameer Behera won a bronze medal in individual competition.
Anil Lohar captured three medals including two gold
In this competition, the archers of the district have been successful in capturing four gold medals and one silver and bronze medal each. Overall, Anil Lohar of Seraikela-Kharsawan has been successful in winning two gold and one silver, Sameer Behera one gold and one bronze medal, Sunil Kumhar one gold in this competition of the Indian round. Apart from this, Varsha Khalkho of Ranchi got a silver and a bronze and Mohit Kumar of Dumka got a gold medal. It may be known that from March 9 to 18, the ongoing NTPC Senior National Archery Championship is being organized in Kevadia, Gujarat.
Union Minister Arjun Munda congratulated
On this achievement of archers of Jharkhand in NTPC Senior National Archery Championship, President of Archery Association of India cum Union Minister Arjun Munda, District President of Archery Association Meera Munda, Joint Secretary Sumant Chandra Mohanty, Vice President of Archery Association cum former MLA Mangal Soy, Jharkhand Archery Association Secretary Purnima Mahato, Uday Singhdev, Ganesh Mahali, Instructor Harendra Singh, Sumit Mishra, Shivkumar Kumbhakar, VS Rao, Prakash Ram, Rajendra Gudiya, Mohammad Shamshad, Uttam Mishra, Ajay Mishra, Sudhir Mandal etc. have congratulated. Seraikela-Kharsawan District Archery Association Secretary Sumant Chandra Mohanty told that archers will be accorded a grand welcome on reaching Seraikela with medals. It is a big achievement for the archers of the district to get six medals including four gold.
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