{"id":2042,"date":"2026-03-29T23:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2026-03-29T23:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:55:12","slug":"kitg-2026-jharkhand-hp-wrestlers-win-two-golds-each-chhattisgarh-weightlifters-add-two-more-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=2042","title":{"rendered":"KITG 2026: Jharkhand, HP wrestlers win two golds each, Chhattisgarh weightlifters add two more medals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" data-id=\"2043\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sports-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sports-6.png 450w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/sports-6-200x300.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Raipur, March 29: Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh clinched two gold medals each on the opening day of wrestling competition in Ambikapur while Mizoram bagged a couple of gold medals to wrap up the weightlifting competition on the fifth day of the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 here in Raipur on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jharkhand opened their gold medal account with Poonam Oraon winning the women\u2019s 50kg final against Geetha K of Telangana 6-3 while Anjit Kumar Munda won the men\u2019s 67kg Greco Roman final beating Gujarat\u2019s Mukesh Vasva by technical superiority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Himachal Pradesh\u2019s two gold medals came through Navish Kumar (97kg GR) and Priyanka Chaudhary (women\u2019s 62kg) while Mizoram took their gold medals tally to four with Zosangzuali (women\u2019s +86kg) and David Zohmingmawia (men\u2019s +110 kg) finishing on top of the podium. These golds catapulted Mizoram to fifth place in the overall medals standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karnataka continue to top the overall standings with 15 gold, six silvers and four bronze while Odisha are second with nine gold, four silver and 10 bronze medals. Hosts Chhattisgarh, which won a silver (Rishika Kashyap) and bronze (Lucky Babu Markam) from weightlifting, slipped to ninth in the medal standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weightlifter Sambo Lapung helped Arunachal Pradesh leapfrog Assam to third place when he clinched the men\u2019s 100kg gold with a total of 299kg. David Lal Zawmdika of Mizoram finished second with a total of 270kg with the bronze medal going to Chhattisgarh\u2019s Lucky Babu with a total of 261kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maharashtra also made their move on the medals tally as weightlifter Sakshi Burkule helped the state win their second gold medal with a dominant showing in women\u2019s 86kg category. Her total of 150kg was 29kg more than silver winner Rishika Kashyap of Chhattisgarh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakshi led from the front and was hardly challenged. It was a good show by Rishika who played within her limits and chose her weights well to finish on the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wrestler Vinod Salkar then added gold to Maharashtra\u2019s tally by topping the Nordic competition in men\u2019s 125kg freestyle competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jammu and Kashmir also got opened their medal account on Sunday by winning a gold and silver in wrestling competition. Munir Hussain defeated Maharashtra\u2019s Vikram Pawar 11-1 by technical superiority in the first round to win the men\u2019s 74kg freestyle gold while Shama Hoon lost to Himachal Pradesh\u2019s Navish Kumar in the 97kg Greco Roman final.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raipur, March 29: Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh clinched two gold medals each on the opening day of wrestling competition in Ambikapur while Mizoram bagged a couple of gold medals to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-display","category-sports","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}