Nat’l Gymnastics Meet enters Day 2 at MA Stadium

A gymnast in action during the championship at MA Stadium, Jammu on Tuesday.
A gymnast in action during the championship at MA Stadium, Jammu on Tuesday.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent

JAMMU, Nov 23: The results of top five ranks were announced on the 2nd day of the ongoing 56th Artistic Gymnastics and 25th Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship organised at New Indoor Hall, MA Stadium, here today.
In Men Artistic Gymnastics Under-17 (Still Rings), the top five ranks were Deepak Saini from Rajasthan, Aryan Dawande from Maharashtra, Devendra Saini from Rajasthan, Dipesh Lashkari from Madhya Pradesh and Nishant Karandikar from Maharashtra, while in Men Artistic Under-17 (Pommel Horse), Jatin Kumar Kanojia from Uttar Pradesh, Prithvi Saha from Delhi, Pritam Dey from West Bengal, Paras Singh Karki from Delhi and Pranav Mishra from Uttar Pradesh were among the top five winners.
In Men Artistic Under-17 (Floor Exercises), the winners were including Sumit Dhali from Goa, Aryan Dawande from Maharashtra, Pranav Kushwaha from Uttar Pradesh, Megh Roy from Maharashtra and Pranav Mishra from Uttar Pradesh, while in Women Artistic Under – 15 (Uneven Bars), Riya Kelkar from Maharashtra, Piyasa Kundu from West Bengal, Sukhnoor Preet Kaur from Punjab, Devyani Kolte from Maharashtra and Udita Parmar from Delhi.
In Women Artistic Under-15 (Vaulting Table), Anushka Jana from West Bengal, Meharin S Saj from Kerala, Sukhnoor Preet Kaur from Punjab, Jinia Debnath from West Bengal, Riya Kelkar from Maharashtra were the winners.
The five day long championship was inaugurated by the Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Farooq Khan yesterday which was organised by Gymnastics Association of J&K (GAJK) in collaboration with J&K Sports Council under the aegis of Gymnastics Federation of India.
The championship will conclude on November 26 wherein teams from various States and UTs including Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Rajasthan, Punjab, Orissa, Maharashtra, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and many other states are taking part.