Ashwini, Samiksha take state judo crown

Pune: Aditya Dhopavkar,

Pradip Gaikwad

, Ashwini Solanke and Samiksha Shelar bagged gold in their respective categories in the State junior judo championships for the MLA Cup at Kesariwada on Friday. In the girls’ below 57kg final,

Krida Prabodhini

judoka Ashwini put aside the challenge of

Kumudini Sawant

(Kolhapur) to emerge on top while in the below 70kg final, Samiksha got past Thane’s

Pratiksha Borkar

.Earlier, Thane’s Shaina Deshpande won the below 52kg girls’ title after beating Diksha Khare of Gondia.Real Pune win PDFA leagueReal Pune United won the second and third division title in the PDFA league recently. They edged out Sigmay on head to head tiebreak rule as both teams tallied 16 points with five wins, one defeat and a draw. According to a press release, besides the winners and runners-up, Range Hills Young Boys and Blue Stars FC are promoted to the top tier. KP triumph in gymnasticsAryan Davande of Thane won the individual championship in the junior section of Artistic gymnastics championship at Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex on Saturday. However, the Krida Prabodhini team (312.45 points) pipped Thane (250.70) for the team championship. Kadam wins U-20 boys 200m title at state meetPune’s Aryan Kadam clinched the U-20 boys’ 200m title at the State athletics meet in Bhosari on Saturday. Aryan clocked 21.78s to win gold ahead of Raigad’s Abhijeet Singh (22.03s). The bronze was split between Palghar’s Shivank Mishra and Nashik’s Dilip Gavit who both finished the race in 22.24s. tnn