Fifteen selected for wrestling from Madhes province

Mahendranagar: Fifteen players, including five women, were selected for wrestling from Madhes province for the 9th National Games.

They were selected from the province-level competition held at a covered hall in Janakpur.

Among the selected from Bara was Amarendra Yadav in the 57-kg weight category, Amresh Kumar Yadav on 61-kg weight, Arjun Kumar Saha on 65 kg, Muktar Alam on 74 kilograms, Bunilal Raut on 79 kg and Raj Yadav on 105-kg category.

Likewise, those selected from Parsa were Manoj Yadav on 70 kg, Lal Bahadur Yadav on 86 kg, Abadhesh Yadav on 92 kg and Rajesh Yadav on 97 kg.

Similarly, women wrestlers selected for the national games were Geeta Yadav from Bara on 50 kg, Madhu Kumari from Parsa on 53 kilograms, Pramila from Bara on 55 kilograms, Kiran Yadav from Bara on 57 kg and Nilam Kumari from Parsa on 62-kg category.