First Khelo India Tribal Sports National Competition: Chhattisgarh Football Women's Team won Gold

• 13 Jun 2023

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On June 12, 2023, in the first Khelo India Tribal Games National Championship in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, in the final match played between the women's football team of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the team of Chhattisgarh won the gold medal by defeating Jharkhand 2-0 in the tiebreaker. .

Key Points:

• In the final match, both the teams showed their full strength in the field, but both the teams could not score any goals in the stipulated time and the result of the match came out of the tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, both the teams were given a chance to make five strokes each.
• In the match, Kiran Pisda, a practicing player at Girls Football Academy, Raipur, did not give a single chance to the opposing team to score in the tiebreaker. On the other hand, in the tiebreaker from the Chhattisgarh team, Kiran Pisda himself and Muskan of Bastar won the gold medal by scoring 1 goal each.
• Earlier on 11 June, Chhattisgarh's women's football team entered the final by defeating Tripura 4-0 in the women's football semi-final with a strong performance. In the semi-finals, Kiran Pisda of Girls Football Academy Raipur scored three goals, while Pinky Kashyap of Bastar scored one goal.
• It is worth mentioning that Chhattisgarh's team continues to perform brilliantly in the Khelo India Tribal Games National Competition. In the competition, Kuber Singh of Residential Archery Academy, Bilaspur got the silver medal in 30 meters and stood second in the overall championship. Similarly, Kumari Tarnika Teta, a player of Residential Athletic Academy, Bilaspur, won a silver medal in the 100-meter women's event.
• It is worth mentioning that 5000 athletes from 18 states are participating in this competition organized in Bhubaneswar.