Maharashtra riding on the clean sweep of golds in Mallakhamb and Modern Pentathlon took a lead of over ten golds in the medal tally over contenders Haryana and defending champions, Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) in the 37th National Games on Saturday.
Kerala Women beat Karnataka 57-54 to defend their title and win the gold, while Punjab Men won gold by beating defending champions Tamil Nadu 105-103 in overtime in the basketball competitions at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim. Punjab had lost to Tamil Nadu in the finals of the last edition of the games. R. Sreekala top-scored for Kerala with 29 points while Sanjana Ramesh top-scored for Karnataka with 21 points in the tightly contested women's finals. Earlier, Tamil Nadu beat Uttar Pradesh 92-65 to win the bronze medal. In the men's finals, Indian international Amjyot Singh's massive 42-point performance helped Punjab dethrone Tamil Nadu to win the gold. B. Soorya top-scored for Tamil Nadu with 28 points. Delhi beat Services 93-56 to secure the bronze medal with big performances from Indian team Captain Vishesh Bhriguvanshi and Joginder Singh. At the Peddem Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, in Gymnastics Odisha's Pranati Nayak won her fourth gold medal of the games, winning the Women's Artistic Balancing Beam category with 11.733 points. Pranati Das of West Bengal secured the silver, her fourth of the games and Mallika Kulshreshtha of Delhi won the Bronze. In Rhythmic Gymnastics, Haryana's Life Adlakha denied Maharashtra's Sanyukta Kale the clean sweep by clinching the gold medal in the Ribbon category with 23.70 points. Sanyukta Kale won the silver and Richa Chordia won the bronze. At the Campal Sports Village, Maharashtra swept all the gold medals in Mallakhamb. They grabbed all the six gold medals on offer with Rupali Gangawane winning two gold medals in women's rope and pole categories. In the Women's 81 Kg, N. Lalitha of Andra Pradesh lifted a total of 211 Kg on her way to gold. Vanshitha Verma Chandigarh won the silver with a total lift of 208 Kg and Rakhi Purohit of Rajasthan won bronze with an aggregate lift of 207 Kg. In the 102 Kg, Men's Kojum Tara of SSCB won the gold with a total lift of 330 Kg, four kilos more than Goa's Shubham Verma who lifted 326 Kg and five kilos more than Mohammed Jameir Hussain who lifted 325 Kg. In the Women's 87 Kg, Maharashtra's Komal Wakale won gold with a total lift of 205 Kg and Karnataka's B.N Usha won the silver with a lift of 203 Kg and Rakhi of Haryana won bronze with a lift of 196 Kg. Maharashtra continued their dominance in Modern Pentathlon, winning all five golds in the Biathle held at Ponda Indoor Swimming Complex. Parth Mirage and Mansi Vinod Mohite won three gold medals each in the individual and team events. In Fencing at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Indoor Stadium, SSCB clinched the gold medal in Men's Sabre Team event beating Maharashtra in the finals. Punjab and Rajasthan secured the bronze medals. In Women's Foil Individual, Tamil Nadu's Ashitha S. Joy's beat V.P Kanagalakshmi of Kerala in the final to win the gold. Waikhom Sonia Devi of Manipur and Isha of Haryana won the bronze medals. *Important Results: -Weightlifting Women's 81 KG Gold - N. Lalitha (Andhra Pradesh) - Snatch - 96 Kg, Clean & Jerk - 115 Kg, Total - 211 Kg Silver - Vanshita Verma (Chandigarh) - Snatch - 90 Kg, Clean & Jerk - 118 Kg, Total - 208 Kg Bronze - Rakhi Purohit (Rajasthan) - Snatch - 91 Kg, Clean & Jerk - 116 Kg, Total - 207 Kg Men's 102 KG Gold - Kojum Taba (SSCB) - Snatch-148 Kg, Clean & Jerk-182 Kg, Total- 330 Kg Silver - Shubham Verma (Goa) - Snatch-143 Kg, Clean & Jerk-183 Kg, Total - 326 Kg Bronze - Md. Jameir Hussain (Assam) - Snatch-145 Kg, Clean & Jerk-180 Kg, Total- 325 Kg Women's 87 Kg Gold - Komal Wakale (Maharashtra) - Snatch-93 Kg, Clean & Jerk-112 Kg, Total- 205 Kg Silver - B.M Usha (Karnataka) -Snatch-95 Kg, Clean & Jerk-108 Kg, Total- 203 Kg Bronze - Rakhi (Haryana) Snatch-87 Kg, Clean & Jerk-109 Kg, Total-196 Kg Men's 109 Kg Gold - Lovpreet Singh (SSCB) - Snatch-151 Kg, Clean & Jerk-182 Kg, Total - 333 Kg Silver - B.S.D Vishnu Vardhan (Andhra Pradesh) - Snatch-141 Kg, Clean & Jerk - 112 Kg, Total- 320 Kg Bronze - Akash Kaushal (Madhya Pradesh) - Snatch-141 Kg, Clean & Jerk-178 Kg, Total - 319 Kg -Gymnastics Women's Rhythmic Gymnastics Clubs Final Gold - Sanyukta Prasen Kale (Maharashtra) - 24.30 Silver - Life Adlakha (Haryana) - 23.15 Bronze - Richa Sagar Chordia - 20.30 Ribbon Final Gold - Life Adlakha (Haryana) - 23.70 Silver - Sanyukta Prasen Kale (Maharashtra) - 23.15 Bronze - Richa Chordia (Maharashtra) - 20.15 Artistic Gymnastics Men Vaulting Table Gold - Ruban Meitei Sanasam (Manipur) - 13.217 Silver - Mohammad Anas (Odisha) - 13.033 Bronze - Ujwal Naidu (Karnataka) - 12.984 Women Balancing Beam Gold - Pranati Nayak (Odisha) - 11.733 Silver - Pranati Das (West Bengal) - 10.867 Bronze - Mallika Kulshreshtha (Delhi) - 10.267 Women Floor Gold - Pranati Das (West Bengal) - 11.533 Silver - Pranati Nayak (Odisha) - 11.400 Bronze - Eshitaa Sunil Rewale (Maharashtra) - 11.100 Men Parallel Bars Gold - Saif Sadik Tamboli (SSCB) - 13.500 Silver - Tapan Mohanty (Odisha) - 13.100 Bronze - Yogeshwar Singh (Haryana) - 13.067 Men Horizontal Bar Gold - Yogeshwar Singh (Haryana) - 13.300 Silver - Saif Sadik Tamboli (SSCB) - 12.567 Bronze - Siddharth Verma (Uttar Pradesh) - 12.433 Men's Still Rings Gold - K.P Swathish (Kerala) - 13.267 Silver - Tapan Mohanty (Odisha) - 12.900 Bronze - Rakesh Patra (SSCB) - 12.867 Basketball 3x3 Men Gold Medal Match Rajasthan bt Delhi - 21-17 Bronze Medal Match Punjab bt Madhya Pradesh - 21-16 Women's Gold Match Telangana bt Delhi - 17-14 Women's Bronze Medal Match Chattisgarh bt Madhya Pradesh - 20-14 Basketball 5x5 Men's Gold Medal Match Punjab bt Tamil Nadu - 105-103 Men's Bronze Medal Match Delhi bt SSSCB - 93-56 Women's Gold Medal Match Kerala bt Karnataka - 57-54 Women's Bronze Medal Match Tamil Nadu bt Uttar Pradesh - 92-65 Modern Pentathlon Biathle Women Team Gold - Maharashtra Silver - Madhya Pradesh Bronze - Haryana Biathle Mixed Relay Gold - Mansi Mohite, Parth Mirage (Maharashtra) Silver - Rama Sonkar, Ankur Chahar (Madhya Pradesh) Bronze - Pratiksha Velip, Yug Dalvi (Goa) Biathle Men Gold - Parth Mirage (Maharashtra) Silver - Angad Ingalekar (Maharashtra) Bronze - Abhishek Modanwal (Madhya Pradesh) Biathle Men Team Gold - Maharashtra Silver - Madhya Pradesh Bronze - Goa Biathle Women Gold - Mansi Mohite (Maharashtra) Silver - Dolly Patil (Madhya Pradesh) Bronze - Rama Sonkar (Madhya Pradesh) Fencing Women's Foil Individual Gold - Ashitha S. Joys (Tamil Nadu) Silver - V.P Kanagalakshmi (Kerala) Bronze - Waikhom Sonia Devi (Manipur) Isha (Haryana) Men's Sabre Team Gold - SSCB Silver - Maharashtra Bronze - Punjab Rajasthan Pencak Silat Men's Tanding Class 45-50 Kg Gold - Ramchandra Badak (Maharashtra) Silver - I. Rahim (Tamil Nadu) Bronze - Ashu Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) Suraj Kumar (Punjab) Women's Tanding Class 45-50 Kg Gold - Aditi Naharla (Rajasthan) Silver - Tanu Sen (Madhya Pradesh) Bronze - Gaytri Negi (Uttarakhand) Parmesh Chauhan (Goa) Men's Tanding Under 45 Kg Gold - Dhanajay Sandugade (Maharashtra) Silver - Nitin (Haryana) Bronze - Prasana Bendre (Daman & Diu) Ajay Karbotkar (Goa) Women's Tanding Under 45 Kg Gold - Seema Rani (Haryana) Silver - Simran (Punjab) Bronze - Debika Boroh (Assam) Shamjetshabam (Manipur) Women's Football Pool B: Odisha bt Chandigarh - 4-0, Haryana bt Goa - 4-1 Beach Football Men's Pool A: Kerala bt Jharkhand - 15-1, Lakshadweep bt Delhi - 9-3 Pool B: Goa bt Odisha - 12-3, Punjab bt Uttarakhand - 12-7 Billiards & Snooker League Stages 6 Red Snooker (Women) Vidya Pillai (Karnataka) bt Giana Rego (Maharashtra) - 3-0 Ishika Shah (Madhya Pradesh) bt Simran (Delhi) - 3-0 Suniti Damani (West Bengal) bt Astha Mistry (Gujarat) - 3-0 Neena Praveen (Tami Nadu) bt Elain Jane Gonsalves (Goa) - 3-0 15 Red (Women) Amee Kamani (Madhya Pradesh) Beat Pooja Galundia (Rajasthan) - 2-0 Anupama Ramachandran (Tamil Nadu) Beat Neeta Kothari (West Bengal) - 2-0 Aanya Patel (Gujarat) Beat Arantxa Sanchis (Maharashtra) - 2-1 Varsha Sanjeev (Karnataka) Beat Shilpa Santhappa (Goa) - 2-0 Billiards (Men) Round of 16 B. Bhaskar (Karnataka) bt Avinash Kumar(Delhi) 3-0 Jagadesh .B (Tamil Nadu) bt Anmoldeep Singh 3-0 Aamer Hussain (West Bengal) bt Amit B. Shah (Kerala) - 3-1. (ANI)
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