Raipur. The wrestling competition started in Ambikapur on Sunday, the fifth day of Khelo India Tribal Games 2026. On this day, players from Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh performed brilliantly and won two gold medals each. The weightlifters of Mizoram also showed excellent performance and won two gold medals.

Jharkhand and Himachal won two gold each in wrestling

Jharkhand's Poonam Oraon won the gold medal by defeating Telangana's Geeta 6-3 in the women's 50kg final. After this, Anjit Kumar Munda won gold in the men's 67 kg Greco-Roman final by defeating Gujarat's Mukesh Vasava by technical superiority. Navish Kumar (97 kg Greco Roman) and Priyanka Chaudhary (women 62 kg) won gold medals for Himachal Pradesh.

Mizoram's dominance in weightlifting

Mizoram players performed brilliantly in weightlifting. Josangjuali (women +86 kg) and David Johmingmawia (men +110 kg) won gold medals. Overall, Mizoram has now reached fifth position in the medal tally with four gold medals.

Karnataka tops the medal table

In the total medal table, Karnataka remains at the first position with 15 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze. Odisha is at second position with 9 gold, 4 silver and 10 bronze, while Arunachal Pradesh has moved up to third position with 5 gold. Host Chhattisgarh got two medals in weightlifting from Rishika Kashyap (silver) and Lucky Babu Markam (bronze), taking it to ninth position.

Excellent performance by players of Arunachal and Maharashtra

Sambo Lapung of Arunachal Pradesh won the gold medal in the men's 100 kg category by lifting 299 kg and took his team to the third position. Sakshi Burkule of Maharashtra won gold in the women's 86 kg category by lifting 150 kg, which was 29 kg more than the silver winner. Apart from this, Vinod Salkar added another success to Maharashtra's kitty by winning gold medal in men's 125 kg freestyle.

Great start for Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir's Munir Hussain won the gold medal in men's 74kg freestyle by defeating Maharashtra's Vikram Pawar 11-1. Whereas Shama Hoon won silver medal in 97 kg Greco Roman.

Weightlifting Results (Khelo India Tribal Games Results)

women category weightlifting result

86 kg:

• Gold: Sakshi Burkule (Maharashtra) – 150 kg
• Silver: Rishika Kashyap (Chhattisgarh) – 121 kg
• Bronze: Bitupuna Deori (Assam) – 118 kg

+86 kg:

• Gold: Josangjuali (Mizoram) – 140 kg
• Silver: Pinky Boro (Assam) – 125 kg
• Bronze: Gunjan Uike (Madhya Pradesh) – 86 kg

men's weightlifting result

110 kg:

• Gold: Sambo Lapung (Arunachal Pradesh) – 299 kg
• Silver: David Lal Javamdika (Mizoram) – 270 kg
• Bronze: Lucky Babu Markam (Chhattisgarh) – 261 kg

+110 kg:

• Gold: David Johmingmawia (Mizoram) – 290 kg
• Silver: Gugulothu Raja Shekhar (Andhra Pradesh) – 255 kg
• Bronze: Manash Pratim Sonwal (Assam) – 223 kg

Wrestling Results Khelo India

women's wrestling result

50 kg: :

• Gold: Poonam Oraon (Jharkhand)
• Silver: Geeta (Telangana)
• Bronze: Chanchala Kumari (Jharkhand), Rupatlin Timungpi (Assam)

62 kg:

• Gold: Priyanka Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh)
• Silver: Devi Daimri (Assam)
• Bronze: Chandni (Madhya Pradesh), Anisha Basumatary (Assam)

men's wrestling result

74 kg freestyle:

• Gold: Munir Hussain (Jammu and Kashmir)
• Silver: Vikram Pawar (Maharashtra)
• Bronze: Ankush Kumar (Himachal Pradesh), Amrit Durgannavar (Karnataka)

125 kg freestyle:

• Gold: Vinod Salkar (Maharashtra)
• Silver: Amit Meena (Rajasthan)
• Bronze: Harpal Singh (Himachal Pradesh)

67 kg Greco-Roman:

• Gold: Anjit Kumar Munda (Jharkhand)
• Silver: Vasava Mukesh Bhai (Gujarat)
• Bronze: Akashkardong (Assam), Akshay Kumar (Himachal Pradesh)

97 kg Greco-Roman:

• Gold: Navish Kumar (Himachal Pradesh)
• Silver: Shama Hoon (Jammu and Kashmir)
• Bronze: Sahil Chaudhary (Himachal Pradesh)