Mysuru :

Pahilwan Panduranga Shinde of MEG, Bengaluru won the prestigious ‘Dasara Kanteerava’ award on the concluding day of Dasara Wrestling Competitions held at the Devaraja Urs Multipurpose Stadium yesterday. Pahilwan Gopal Koli also of MEG, Bengaluru won the ‘Dasara Kesari’ title.

Yesterday’s 38th State-level Wrestling Championship, organised as part of Dasara festival, was held in front of packed audience who had gathered at stadium from various parts of the State to witness some of the best wrestling bouts. At first, Pahilwan Panduranga Shinde (MEG, Bengaluru) and Pahilwan Anand Army (MLRC) fought their bout for about 30 mins which ended in a draw. Later, in the point wrestling Panduranga Shinde emerged victorious scoring 9 points.

In later matches Pahilwan Gopal Koli defeated Pahilwan Satish Padathare, Pahilwan Krishna (Kalasiddanahundi) defeated Pahilwan Raghavendra (Belawadi), Pahilwan Kishore (Bhoothappana Garadi) defeated Pahilwan Rajesh (Holenarasipura), Pahilwan Siddappa (Bannur) defeated Pahilwan Manjunath (Melapura).

The winners were awarded a cash prize of Rs. 15,000 and a silver mace about Rs. 1.15 lakh. Pahilwan Kishore Purohit won the Mayor Cup, Mahendra Prasad won ZP President’s Cup and Ganjam Praveen won ‘Sahukar Chennaiah Cup. The prizes to the winners were distributed by Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa and former Mayor Purushotham.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / October 14th, 2016