Chandigarh, Oct. 26 -- Viraj Narwal bagged gold in the 1000-m rink race in the boys' 6-8 years category, while Adhiraj Rai won silver and Vedansh Sharda secured bronze on the opening day of the 47th Chandigarh State Roller Skating Championship, organised by the Chandigarh Roller Skating Association (CRSA) under the aegis of the Roller Skating Federation of India (RSFI), on Saturday.

Due to the non-availability of a 200m banked track in Chandigarh, the speed rink race events were held at the Skating Rink, IT Park, Panchkula. Meanwhile, the inline hockey and roller hockey events are being conducted at the Government Skating Complex, Sector 10.

In the girls' 6-8 years category of the 1000m rink race event, Harsi won gold, followed by Avnee...