V.K Elakkiyadasan of Tamil Nadu and S.S Sneha of Karnataka were crowned the fastest athletes of the 2023 National Games as they clinched the men’s and women’s 100m gold medals in athletics on Sunday.
Maharashtra also became the first contingent to cross the the 100 medals mark, having already won 41 gold medals.
Elakkiyadasan finished with a timing of 10.36 sec ahead of Pranav Gurav of Maharashtra, who finished in 10.41 sec, and Services’ Saurabh Rajesh, who won bronze with a timing of 10.45 sec.
In the women’s category, S.S Sneha of Karnataka crossed the finish line with a timing of 11.45 sec ahead of the experienced Srabani Nanda of Odisha and R. Giridharani of Tamil Nadu, won bronze with a timing of 11.58 sec.
Five Games records were broken on the opening day of the swimming competition with Karnataka’s Srihari Natraj winning two gold medals.
Olympian Natraj was the first to cross the Games mark on Sunday with a timing of 1:49.09s in 200m freestyle, pushing Sajan Prakash of Kerala (1:51.10) to second spot while Aneesh Gowda of Karnataka finished third with a time of 1: 52.18 sec.
Natraj then bagged his second gold in the 4x100 relay with the Karnataka team also comprising Gowda, Sambhavv R and Prithvi M clocking a time of 3:26.88s. Tamil Nadu (3:28.46) and Maharashtra (3:28.72) won the silver and bronze respectively.
Kerala’s Sajan Prakash was the only one to stop the Karnataka juggernaut winning the men’s 100m butterfly with a new National Games mark.
Prakash, who had won five gold, two silver and a bronze in the last National Games in Goa, clocked a timing of 53.79 sec to finish ahead of Maharashtra’s Mihir Ambre (54.32s) and B Benedicton Rohit (55.00) of Tamil Nadu.
In the women’s section, Karnataka’s Nina Venkatesh also bettered the National Games mark, clocking 1:02.22 sec in the 100m butterfly. Astha Choudhary of Assam clinched the silver medal with a time of 1:04.21 and Shristy Upadhaya (1:04.24s) of Odisha took home the bronze.
Goa secured one gold and eight bronze medals on the final day of Pencak Silat competitions, having already won one silver and six bronze medals in the event in the previous day. This took their total tally of medals to 26 already which is 17 more than what the state managed to secure in the previous edition.
Maharashtra topped the standings in Pencak Silat with seven gold, five silver and five bronze to bolster their medals tally. They have also won 12 gold in gymnastics, 10 in Modern Pentathlon, nine in Mallakhamb and three in weightlifting.
In the final categories of weightlifting, Purnima Pandey of Uttar Pradesh clinched the gold medal in the 87+ women’s with a total lift of 222 kg. Kerala’s Ann Mariya M.T secured the silver with a total lift of 206 kg and Yogita Khedkar of Maharashtra took the bronze lifting 198 kg.
In the final event of the weightlifting competition, in the 109+ men’s category, Vipan Kumar of Services won the gold lifting an aggregate weight of 348 kg. Tamil Nadu’s S. Rudramayan won the silver medal with a total lift of 343 kg and the bronze medal was secured by Gagandeep Gill of Punjab who lifted a total of 339 kg.
Table Tennis also got underway with the team matches starting on Sunday. In the men’s category, West Bengal beat Haryana 3-0 in Group A, while Maharashtra beat hosts Goa 3-0 in the same group. In Group B, Delhi edged out Telangana 3-2 while Uttar Pradesh also beat Assam in the same score line.
In the women’s category, West Bengal beat Tamil Nadu 3-0 with Indian international Mouma Das winning her match against Selena Selvakumar in Group B. In the other match of the group, Madhya Pradesh defeated Goa 3-0.
In Group A, Maharashtra beat Haryana 3-1 with Diya Chitale winning her rubber against fellow international Suhana Saini while Delhi beat Karnataka 3-2. In the second round of Group B, West Bengal beat Madhya Pradesh 3-2 for their second win.
Important Results on October 29:
Athletics
100 M Women
Gold – S.S Sneha (Karnataka) – 11.45 s
Silver – Srabani Nanda (Odisha) – 11.50 s
Bronze – R. Giridharani (Tamil Nadu) – 11.58 s
100 M Men
Gold – V.K Elakkiyadasan (Tamil Nadu) – 10.36 s
Silver – Gurav Pranav (Maharashtra) – 10.41 s
Bronze – Saurabh Rajesh (Services) – 10.45 s
5000 M
Gold – Gulveer Singh (Services) – 14.13.03 s
Silver – Gavit Murli Kumar (Gujarat) – 14.13.14 s
Bronze – Ajay Kumar (Goa) – 14.13.33 s
High Jump Men
Gold - J. Aadarsh Ram (Tamil Nadu) – 2.14 m
Silver – V. Bharathi (SSCB) – 2.14 m
Bronze – Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odisha) – 2.08 m
Discus Throw Women
Gold – Seema Punia (Uttar Pradesh) – 52.51 m
Silver – Nidhi (Haryana) – 51.69 m
Bronze – Neetika Verma (Uttar Pradesh) – 51.27 m
10000 M Women
Gold – Seema (Himachal Pradesh) – 33.20.75 s
Silver – Sanjivani Jadhav (Maharashtra) – 33.32.27 s
Bronze – Poonam Sonune (Maharashtra) – 34.29.71 s
Swimming
200 M Freestyle Men
Gold – Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) – 1.49.09 s (NGR)
Silver – Sajan Prakash (Kerala) – 1.51.10 s
Bronze – S. Aneesh Gowda (Karnataka) – 1.52.18 s
200 M Freestyle Women
Gold – Dhinidhi Desinghu (Karnataka) – 2.07.32 s
Silver – Sanjana M. Prabhugaonkar (Goa) – 2.09.60 s
Bronze – Vritti Agarwal (Telangana) – 2.09.42 s
100 M Butterfly Men
Gold – Sajan Prakash (Kerala) – 53.79 s (NGR)
Silver – Mihir Ambre (Maharashtra) – 54.32 s
Bronze – Rohit B. Benedicton (Tamil Nadu) – 55.00 s
100 M Butterfly Women
Gold – Nina Venkatesh (Karnataka) – 1.02.22 s (NGR)
Silver – Astha Choudhury (Assam) – 1.04.21 s
Bronze – Shristy Upadhaya (Odisha) – 1.04.24 s
4x100 Freestyle Relay Men
Gold – Karnataka – 3.26.88 s (NMR)
(Sambhavv R, Prithvi M, Aneesh S. Gowda, Srihari Nataraj)
Silver – Tamil Nadu – 3.28.46 s
(Sathya Sai Krishnan, P. Vikkas, Pavan Gupta M.S, B. Benedicton Rohit)
Bronze – Maharashtra – 3.28.72 s
(Meet Makhija, Mihir Ambre, Rishabh Das, Virdhawal Khade)
4x100 Freestyle Relay Women
Gold – Karnataka – 3.59.53 s (NGR)
(Harshika Ramachandra, Shalini R. Dixit, Nina Venkatesh, Dhinidhi Desinghu)
Silver – Maharashtra – 3.59.68 s
(Palak Joshi, Aditi Hegde, Avantika Chawan, Rujuta Khade)
Bronze – Assam – 4.03.38 s
(Astha Choudhury, Subhranshini Priyadarshini, Jahnabi Kashyap, Shivangi Sharma)
Weightlifting
Women’s 87+ KG
Gold – Purnima Pandey (Uttar Pradesh) – Snatch – 100 Kg, Clean & Jerk – 122 Kg, Total – 222 Kg
Silver – Ann Mariya M.T (Kerala) – Snatch – 89 Kg, Clean & Jerk – 118 Kg, Total – 206 Kg
Bronze – Yogita Khedkar (Maharashtra) – Snatch – 89 Kg, Clean & Jerk – 109 Kg, Total – 198 Kg
Men’s 109+ KG
Gold – Vipan Kumar (SSCB) – Snatch-156 Kg, Clean & Jerk-192 Kg, Total- 348 Kg
Silver – S. Rudramayan (Tamil Nadu) – Snatch-160 Kg, Clean & Jerk-183 Kg, Total – 343 Kg
Bronze – Gagandeep Gill (Punjab) – Snatch-147 Kg, Clean & Jerk-192 Kg, Total- 339 Kg
Table Tennis
Men’s Team Group Stage
Group A: West Bengal bt Haryana 3-0, Maharashtra bt Goa 3-0, West Bengal bt Goa – 3-0
Group B: Delhi bt Telangana – 3-2, Uttar Pradesh bt Assam – 3-2, Delhi bt Uttar Pradesh – 3-1, Assam bt Telangana – 3-1
Women’s Team Group Stage
Group A: Maharashtra bt Haryana – 3-1, Delhi bt Karnataka 3-2, Haryana bt Karnataka – 3-0, Haryana bt Karnataka – 3-0, Maharashtra bt Delhi – 3-0, Haryana bt Delhi – 3-2
Group B: Madhya Pradesh bt Goa – 3-0, West Bengal bt Tamil Nadu – 3-0, West Bengal bt Madhya Pradesh- 3-2, West Bengal bt Goa – 3-0, Madhya Pradesh bt Tamil Nadu – 3-1
Pencak Silat
Men’s Tanding 65-70 Kg
Gold – Saliq Farooq (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver – Nav Singh (Punjab)
Bronze – Mohd. Irfan Khan (Goa)
Suraj Gora (Rajasthan)
Women’s Tanding Class 75-80 Kg
Gold – Ritu (Chandigarh)
Silver – Jewti Boro (Assam)
Bronze – Chole Futardo (Goa)
Raksha Maurya (Delhi)
Women’s Tanding 65-70 Kg
Gold – Sanasam Chanu (Manipur)
Silver – Muskaan Shaban (Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze – Asha Naik (Goa)
Khem Pradhan (Assam)
Men’s Tanding 70-75 Kg
Gold – Suraj Kumar (Delhi)
Silver – Omkar Abhang (Maharashtra)
Bronze – Mohammed Imran (Jammu & Kashmir)
Sunny Singh (Jharkhand)
Men’s Tanding 75-80 Kg
Gold – Mukeet Ellahi (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver – Asif Ali (Madhya Pradesh)
Bronze – Ganpatrao Desai (Goa)
Vikram Bhasin (Delhi)
Men’s Tanding 80-85 Kg
Gold – Ravi Choudhary (Rajasthan)
Silver – Loveneet Sandotra (Punjab)
Bronze –Arsalan Reshr (Jammu & Kashmir), D.N.V Ratnambabu (Andhra Pradesh)
Women’s Tanding 80-85 Kg
Gold – Kareena Shirodkar (Goa)
Silver – Jiya Choudhary (Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze – Kriti Gussain (Uttarakhand)
Lalita (Haryana)
Men’s Tanding 85-90 Kg
Gold – Mahendra Swami (Madhya Pradesh)
Silver – Anuj Sarnaik (Maharashtra)
Bronze – Sagar Palconda (Goa)
Rakesh Kumar (Delhi)
Men’s Tanding 90-95 Kg
Gold – Kitenlo Thono (Nagaland)
Silver – Akashdeep (Punjab)
Bronze – Siraj Khan (Goa)
Piyush Shukla (Maharashtra)
Men’s Tanding Open 95-110 Kg
Gold – Suhaib Jeelani (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver - Sachin – Haryana
Bronze – Rohitash Kumar (Rajasthan)
Shubham Baloni (Uttar Pradesh)
Women’s Tanding Open 85-100 Kg
Gold – Bhakti Killedar (Maharashtra)
Silver – M.S Athira (Kerala)
Bronze – Shalini Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Muskan Iqbal (Jammu & Kashmir)
Men’s Tanding Open Above 110 Kg
Gold – Chirag Yagnic (Haryana)
Silver – Mohd. Islam Khan (Rajasthan)
Bronze – Areed Imtiyaz (Jammu & Kashmir)
Sunil Kumar (Delhi)
Women Tanding Open Above 110 Kg
Gold – Aqsa Gulzar (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver – Baljit Kaur (Punjab)
Bronze – Anjeet Kaur (Rajasthan)
Nirmal Stuti (Delhi)
Fencing
Men’s Foil Team
Gold – SSCB
Silver – Manipur
Bronze – Gujarat
Haryana
Women’s Epee Team
Gold – Haryana
Silver – Chattisgarh
Bronze – Manipur
Madhya Pradesh
Women’s Football
Pool A: Tamil Nadu bt Jharkhand – 3-1, West Bengal bt Manipur – 3-0
Beach Football Men’s
Pool A: Kerala bt Lakshadweep – 11-3
Water Polo
Women
Karnataka bt Assam – 20-0
West Bengal bt Haryana – 29-1
Kerala bt Delhi – 23-1
Men
Punjab bt Haryana – 16-6
Karnataka bt Manipur – 18-11
Diving
3M Spring Board Men
Gold – H. London Singh (SSCB)
Silver – Surajit Rajbanshi (SSCB)
Bronze – Satish Kumar Prajapati (Uttar Pradesh)
Billiards & Snooker
League Matches
15 Red Snooker (Men)
Shailendra Dangwal (Uttarakhand) bt Raja Ram (Rajasthan) - 3-0
Rajat Khaneja (Haryana) bt Umar Ul Islam (Jammu & Kashmir) - 3-1
Ananth Acharyullu (Andhra Pradesh) bt Shreyash Ajay Pednekar (Goa) - 3-0
Mushtaque Khan (Telangana) bt Tushar Sahay (Gujarat) - 3-1
I.H. Manudev (Karnataka) bt Anuj Uppal (Delhi) - 3-2
Partibha Rajendran (Tamil Nadu) bt Dhruv Verma (Punjab) - 3-1
Sparsh Pherwani (Maharashtra) bt Lalrina Renthlei (Mizoram) – 3-2
Felix V James (Kerala) bt Syed Suhaeb Parvez (Puducherry) - 3-1
Ashutosh Padhy (Odisha) bt Anurag Giri (MP) - 3-2
Aditya P Shukla (Chattisgarh) bt Krishna P Barad (Goa) - 3-2
Syed Suhaeb Parvez (Puducherry) bt Khem Chand (Himachal Pradesh) - 3-0
Md Akram Khan(West Bengal) bt Anish Parikh (Jharkhand) - 3-2
Paras Gupta (Uttar Pradesh) bt Ranveer Duggal (Chandigarh) - 3-2
Khem Chand (Himachal Pradesh) Beat Felix V James (Kerala) - 3-0
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