Rourkela: Anjali Sahoo from Odisha’s steel city clinched bronze medal for India in the Asian Pencak Silat championship.
The championship, held at Srinagar’s Sher-e-Kashmir Indoor Stadium, saw 150 athletes from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and India taking part.
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Lt Governor Manoj Sinha inaugurated the event, which was held from October 13-16 under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.
It was the first international competition organized under the banner of Sports Council’s special initiative ‘My Youth My Pride’.
