SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Sept 18: The boys’ and girls’ athletic teams from Dhanbad have been announced for the upcoming State Junior Championship, scheduled to take place in Rajrappa (Ramgarh) on September 28-29.
Bandhan Toppo, General Secretary of the Dhanbad District Athletic Association, made the announcement, stating that the athletes were selected based on their performance in a two-day trial competition held on September 7-8 at the DAV Koyla Nagar ground.
“Top two players from each event have been selected to represent the district in the state championship,” said Bandhan Toppo.
Former national athlete Jayram Bhagat has been appointed as the team manager, with Sarfraj Khan serving as the coach.
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Selected Athletes
Under-14 Boys: Ramesh Kumar Mahto, Aman Kumar, Sudhanshu Choudhary, Pratik Kumar, Sudhanshu Raj, Kundan Raja, Ayush Kumar, Devkumar Napit.
Under-18 Boys: PV Pandey, Nitin Kaushik, Ayushman Sharma, Uttam Rajak, Sunil Mahto, Rahul Mahto, Keshav Kumar, Rajiv Mandal, Bhim Singh, Ravi Kumar, Abhijit Dey, Santan Patuwa, Wrishi Raj, Rahul Rana, Gurprit Singh, Rohit Gope, Md Khalid, Prince Kumar, Prem Kumar, Jayka Mahto.
Under-20 Boys: Bittu Mahto, Dinesh Mahto, Karan Chouhan, Md Rashid, Vikash Ray, Chhotu Kumar, Sonu Kumar, Vikash Baski, Virendra Yadav, Abhishek Kumar, Karan Kumar, Hemant Mandal, Tipu Kumar Saw, Akshay Kumar, Sidharth Singh, Abhay Singh, Rijwan Ali Ahmed, Sandeep Ghosh, Roshan Yadav, Mahendra Mahto, Sumit Yadav, Roshan Kumar.
Under-14 Girls: Chandani Kumari, Nandani Kumari, BK Gorai, Aarushi Kumari Dolly, KS Raj, Khusboo Kumari.
Under-16 Girls: Laxmi Kumari, Prachi Ray, Kiran Kumari, Sandhya Rani, Simpli Kumari, Saisa Lalo, Rajnandani Gupta, Awani Kumari, Samriti Singh, Rajkumari Yadav, Anshu Kumari.
Under-18 Girls: Teresa Sen, Sanya Praveen, Savita Kumari, Asha Kumari, Ritu Kumari, Priya Kumari, Monika Kumari, Khushboo Kumari, Rinki Kumari, Sharda Hasda, Pratima Singh, Laxmi Kumari, Neha Kumari.
Under-20 Girls: Manika Tudu, Riya Kumari, Karishma Prasad, Babita Kumari, Megha Kumari, Kajal Kumari, Pinki Kumari, Tanu Kumari, Sharda Hasda, Pratima Singh, Babli Tiwari, Bhumika Ray, Puja Kumari, Saraswati Kumari, Rajeswari Singh.
