Their medals keep Chengalpattu in race for the second spot; Chennai stays on top
Chengalpattu clinched the gold and silver medal in college girls -48kg judo competition in the CM Trophy 2024 here on Wednesday.
Harini S grabbed the gold with an Ippon win over teammate Jyothi K to keep Chengalpattu in the hunt, while Chennai continued to top the standings with 60 golds, 44 silvers, 47 bronzes (at the time of writing).
Madurai district clinched the other judo gold and silver in college boys +90kg category with Bharat Kumar beating Dindigul’s Sriman S in the final.
The 2024 CM Trophy is one of the largest grassroot initiatives and this edition has attracted over 33000 participants from 38 districts and will compete across five categories – school, college students, public, government employees and differently-abled persons -- in 36 sports disciplines. Prior to the State meet, district level competitions were held across the state in which over 11 lakh players participated.
With rain battering the State, all events at Chengalpattu had to be rescheduled while the college boys fencing event in Chennai too was rescheduled and will now start on October 18.
Elsewhere in the School girls Sabre event, Kanniyakumari's JS Jefarlin clinched the gold medal beating Chennai's B Sasi Prabha in the final. Kanniyakumari and Chennai also shared a bronze medal each through Tharshy Shefrin and E Lathika, respectively.
The Results: Day 13
VENUE: Olympic Academy - JNS, Chennai
Event/Category - Judo - 48kg - College Women
Gold: Harini. S (Chengalpattu); Silver: Jyothi K (Chengalpattu) ; Bronze: Rosy J (Chennai); Selvarani. B (Namakkal).
Event/Category - Judo + 90kg - College Men
Gold: Bharath Kumar P (Madurai); Silver: Sriman.S (Dindigul); Bronze: Jeevananthan R (Coimbatore); Bronze: Mugil Maran (Coimbatore).
VENUE: Olympic Academy, JNS, Chennai
Sport - Fencing
Event/Category - Sabre - School Girls
Gold: JS Jefarlin (Kanniyakumari); Silver: B Sasi Prabha (Chennai); Bronze: Tharshy Shefrin (Kanniyakumari); Bronze: E Lathika (Chennai).
CM Trophy - 2024 Action from the Fencing Competition at JNS on Wednesday
