Manipur boys and Karnataka girls emerged overall champions in the 22nd Sub-Junior National Fencing Championship, which concluded at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack today. In overall boys, Haryana and Tamil Nadu finished second and third respectively, while in overall girls, the second and third positions were occupied by Manipur and Telangana respectively.

Rajiv Mehta, president of Fencing Association of India (FAI) and secretary general of Indian Olympic Association, graced the closing ceremony as chief guest. FAI secretary general Basir Ahmed Khan and Odisha State Fencing Association (OSFA) secretary Debendra Kumar Sahoo were present on the occasion.

However, host Odisha failed to win a single medal in the three-day championship. It is not know whether Odisha fielded any team at all and if so who represented the home team.

Organised jointly by OSFA and Union Club, the championship had a total of 450 participants from 22 states in the fray. The opening ceremony was graced by Cuttack DCP Pratik Singh, Odisha Football Association secretary Asirbad Behera, FAI general secretary Bashir Ahmed and OSFA general secretary Debendra Sahoo.

RESULTS:

GIRLS:
Epee Individual: 1. Sejal Gulia (Karnataka), 2. N Deviya (Manipur), 3. Rupali Sahu (Chhattisgarh).
Foil Individual: 1. Charvi (Delhi), 2. Jasmine Kaur (Punjab), 3. Kh Anjali (Manipur).
Sabre Individual: 1. G Sreeja (Telangana), 2. Prakriti Sharma (Delhi), 3. B Sas Prabha (Tamil Nadu).
Sabre Team: 1. Telangana (G Sreeja, Zaiba, B Harshitha), 2. Karnataka (S Tanvi, Vijayalakshmi R, Kaveri M, Deeksha L Gowda), 3. Delhi (Prakriti Sharma, Tashiya Singhal, Kirti, Amara Sood.
EpeeTeam: 1. Karnataka (Sejal Gulia, Pavani P, Ganika N Andan, Yuktha Siri L), 2. Manipur (Huirem Jenita Devi, Benao Thokchom, Nongmeikapam Tamphasana, Debiya Ningthoujam), 3. Maharashtra (Apurva Sawant, Sparsh Binakar, Chahat Rodge, Mishthi Gupta) and Punjab (Neharika Amitoj, Gurmannat Kaur, Rubaab Sharma)
Foil Team: 1. Haryana (Prachi, Kanupriya, Shiviya Arora, Hiral), 2. Manipur (Kh Anjali, Thoithoi, Geeti, Rani Devi), 3. Delhi (Charvi, Ahilya Kaur, Aaradhya Deswal) and Gujarat (Anita Vanzara, Riddhi Chaudhury, Kinjalben Thakor, Anjali Chhelana).

BOYS:
Epee Individual: 1. Chirag (Haryana), 2. Guransh Singh (Punjab), 3. Happy (Rajasthan).
Foil Individual: 1. Sachin (Haryana), 2. Kangabam Abinash (Manipur), 3. Himesh Sah (Chhattisgarh).
Sabre Individual: 1. Th Satiyananda (Manipur), 2. Raunit Kumar (Delhi), 3. Harsh Vardhan (Maharashtra).
Epee Team: 1. Manipur (Shambanduram Zenith Meitei, Konsam Donel Singh, Athokpam Thomba Meitei, Pukharambam D Singh), 2. Rajasthan (Happy, Mayank Rathore, Irshad Khan, Tushar Bahal), 3. Tamil Nadu (VS Aljin, MS Aathil Akshai, Benetto B Kumar, GG Puneethiswar).
Foil Team: 1. Manipur (K Abinash Meiti, Sanjebam Bicky Meitei, Koisnam Rajiv, C Prithviraj Meiti), 2. Haryana (Sachin, Swastik Khatri, Dhruv, Yashraj), 3. Madhya Pradesh (Karan Choudhary, Pranay Sharma, Anusthan Gupta) and Chhattisgarh (Himesh Sahu, Anchal Jaiswal, Yuvraj Sahu, Karan Sahu).
Sabre Team: 1. Tamil Nadu (SS Sarjin, AV Arlin, SB Bemilsanth, V Ashwin Vino), 2. Manipur (T Satyananda Singh, Chinglemba Toijam, Hanjabam Danial Sharma, Seram Jemikanta Meitei), 3. Delhi (Ronit Kumar, Daksh Shokeen, Anukalp Awasthi, Svanik Singhal) and Maharashtra (Vedant Dhasade, Syed Anwar Hussain, Harshwardhan Autade, Vivan Shetty).
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PHOTO: Overall champions Karnataka girls and Manipur boys with guests and officials at the presentation ceremony on 26 March, 2021.