City wrestler Akansha Choudhary became first woman Vidarbha Kesari in the Vidarbha Kesari Wrestling Championship held at Shendurjana Ghat in Warud tehsil (Amravati district) on Wednesday.
Anshita Manohare, Samiksha Koche, Prashita Jambhulkar and Anjali Gajbhiye won gold medal in their respective weight categories and won the overall championship for Nagpur Nagar Akhada Sanghatan.
Chandrapur finished runnersup. Veer Bajiprabhu Krida Mandal organised the cham- pionship under the auspices of Vidarbha Wrestling Asso- ciaiton and Amravati District Wrestling Associaiton. Wardha MP and the president of Maharashtra Wrestling As- sociaiton Ramdas Tadas inau- gurated the event in the pres- ence of MP Dr Anil Bonde, Ganesh Kohale, Sanjay Ti- rathkar, Dilip Itankar and others were present. Amravati MP Navneet Rana distributed the prizes.
In the sub junior section, Akola emerged winner whereas Washim finished runners-up.
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