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Nearly 200 wrestlers from crossed Bihar are acceptable to converge astatine Jamui connected Saturday to showcase their carnal prowess astatine the two-day ‘Maati Ka Bal - Dangal’.
The State-level wrestling lawsuit is being jointly organised by the Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA) and the Wrestling Association of Bihar. The event, present successful its 2nd edition, volition beryllium held astatine Sri Krishna Singh Memorial Stadium successful Jamui, pursuing the occurrence of the inaugural variation successful Begusarai past year.
A full of 186 wrestlers, 162 men and 24 women, person registered for the contention truthful far, with registrations acceptable to extremity connected Friday midnight.
The lawsuit volition diagnostic 5 value categories for men – 50-60 kg, 60-70 kg, 70-80 kg, 80-90 kg, and 90 kg and supra – and 2 for women: 50-60 kg, and 60 kg and above.
The apical 3 winners volition person currency prizes of ₹1 lakh, ₹50,000, and ₹25,000 respectively, portion the champion wrestler astatine the lawsuit volition beryllium awarded a coveted metallic mace.
Crafted successful 1954, the mace has go a awesome of excellence successful the athletics since it was presented to wrestler Vishwanath Singh successful 1975 connected being conferred with the ‘Bihar Kesari’ title.
Meanwhile, the BSSA has announced the archetypal database of 514 athletes selected for sports scholarships. “Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who unveiled the strategy past year, volition contiguous scholarships nether 3 categories: ‘Utkarsh’ (₹20 lakh), ‘Saksham’ (₹5 lakh), and ‘Prerna’ (₹3 lakh),” BSSA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Raveendran Sankaran said.
He said the scholarships tin beryllium utilized by athletes to acquisition sports equipment, for grooming and diet, and participating successful nationalist and planetary events.
