Final match between Kulungolu Nakro (red waistband) and
Vizoseno Kiso (blue waistband) in the under-60 kg women's category at the
recently held 15th NWA Open Naga Wrestling Championship. Kiso was declared the
winner. (EM Images)
- KOHIMA — The recent Naga wrestling open
championship was different from its previous iterations for multiple reasons.
One of them was the fact that this was the first-ever championship event for
women at the state level.
- Introduction of a point system, more wrestlers from tribes
outside Tenyimi community, and the formal introduction of weight categories
were some of the other differences that marked the 15th Nagaland Wrestling
Association Open Championship, which was held on March 28.
- In all, 129 wrestlers—100 men and 29 women—from ten tribes
of Nagaland contested for a prize pool of INR 9.90 lakh.
- It was around 2 in the afternoon when female wrestlers
stepped into the ring after the men’s first and second rounds (two weight
categories) were completed.
- An exhibition event of women wrestling was first held during
the Hornbill International Naga Wrestling Championship last year. However, this
was the first state-level competition for female wrestlers.
Wrestling fans watching a match between women wrestlers at
the recently held 15th NWA open Naga wrestling championship. (EM Images)
