For the first time in the 21-year history of the National Sub-Junior Kabaddi competition, the Bihar team emerged as the winner of the tournament beating out the Delhi team with a score of 40-28 at the Moinul Haque stadium in Patna on Sunday.
Bihar's girl team, however, despite excellent display of skill, strategy, and agility, lost to Delhi 19-8.
Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan earned the third place in the boys category while Manipur and Haryana were placed third in the girl's category.
Bhawesh Kumar of Bihar and Delhi's Rakhi were adjudged the best players in the boys and girls categories respectively.
Earlier, Bihar's boys defeated Uttar Pradesh 41-23 in the semi-finals to reach the final where it met with Delhi that defeated Rajasthan 17-15 in the semi.
Bihar's girls team, on the other hand defeated Manipur 16-13 in the semifinals where it met with Delhi that earlier defeated Haryana 39-15 to reach the final round.
Governor Debananda Konwar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Patna Central Shatrughan Sinha gave away the prizes to the first and second place winners.
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Monday 5 October 2009
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