Women’s Rugby Team Fetches Odisha First Gold Medal Of National Games 2022

Ahmedabad: Odisha clinched their first gold medal at the 36th National Games here on Friday, thanks to the efforts of the women’s rugby team.

The Odisha girls outplayed Maharashtra 22-0 in the Rugby 7s final.

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝘀 🏅#Odisha bags its first Gold medal as the Rugby Women’s team defeated #Maharastra by a huge margin of 22-0.

Congratulations Girls 🏉 pic.twitter.com/jzJcucpf4o

— Odisha Sports (@sports_odisha) September 30, 2022

In the semifinal, Odisha had surprised favourites 12-10.

Weightlifter Sneha Soren had given Odisha their first medal of the Games by winning bronze in the women’s 48 kg event.