Bihar's Rashmi is Carrom Queen

Patna, October 21, 2008
Bihar Rashmi Kumari created a history in the International Carrom Federation (ICF) Cup claiming three titles--women singles, women’s doubles and women’s team championship-in Colombo on Monday.

According to information sent by Bharat Bhushan, Team India coach and secretary Bihar State Carrom Association, Rashmi, a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL, a Government of India owned telecom giant) employee in Patna, first helped India win the women’s team championships crown and then bagged two more gold medals to her bag winning the women’s singles and doubles titles.

In the women’s singles, Rashmi defeated her teammate P Nirmala. In the doubles, combining with P Nirmala, she outplayed another Indian pair of I.Ilavazhaki and Revathi.

The tournament ended today witnessed Indian carom players stamping their authority in all the events making it a clean sweep.

Results
Women team championship: 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka; 3rd Place – Malaysia
Women’s singles: 1st Place – India (Rashmi Kumari); 2nd Place – India (P. Nirmala); 3rd Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki)
Women’s doubles: 1st Place – India (P. Nirmala & Rashmi Kumari); 2nd Place – India (I.Ilavazhaki & Revathi)
Men team championship: 1st Place – India; 2nd Place – Sri Lanka; 3rd Place – France
Men’s doubles: 1st Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi & Prakash Gaekwad); 2nd Place – India (B. Radhakrisnan & Nataraj); 3rd Place – Sri Lanka (Chamil Cooray & Nishantha Fernando)
Men’s singles: 1st Place – India (Prakash Gaekwad); 2nd Place – India (B. Radhakrisnan); 3rd Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi)
Swiss League: 1st Place – India (M. Nataraj); 2nd Place – India (Prakash Gaekwad); 3rd Place – India (Yogesh Pardeshi)