Manipur bikers shine at national championship
Manipur mountain bikers won the Men's Elite Team Champion title at the 21st National Mountain Biking Championship, held in Panchkula, Haryana
Manipur bikers proudly display their trophy and medals won
at the 21st National Mountain Biking Championship, held in Panchkula, Haryana.
- IMPHAL — Manipur
mountain bikers won the Men's Elite Team Champion title at the 21st National
Mountain Biking Championship, held in Panchkula, Haryana.
- Manipur won one gold, two silver, and one bronze medal
during the championship.
- Kharaksing Adonis Tangpu from Ukhrul district won a gold
medal in Men's Elite XCO and a silver medal in Men's Elite XCT, while his
fellow rider Khundrakpam Ronel Singh of Bishnupur district won a bronze medal
in Men's Elite XCO.
- Thotmachan Awungshi, another rider from Ukhrul, Manipur, won
a silver medal in Men's U-23 XCO.
- Twenty-three-year-old Adonis was also a silver medallist in
the prestigious Men's Elite XCO (Time Trial) event at the recently concluded
38th National Games in Garutal, Sattal, Uttarakhand.
- The Manipur team was represented by seven players and two
officials, with Ngathem Pungfa as team manager and Dr. Tourangbam Alex as team
coach at the National Championship in Haryana.
- In a statement issued by the Manipur Adventure and Mountain
Biking Association (MAAMBA), its president Dr. Ng Arunkumar Singh and secretary
Y Robertson congratulated the players and officials of the state team for their
achievements, bringing laurels to the state.
