National Games 2023: Swimmer Nina Venkatesh wins fourth gold, Virdhawal Khade does the double

Nina stopped the clock on 27.70 seconds to win the gold medal ahead of Manavi Varma of Karnataka (27.90s) and Rutuja Khade of Maharashtra (28.38s) in Women’s 50m Butterfly.

Virdhawal, who had won the 50m freestyle gold medal, edged out his state mate Mihir Ambre (24.67s) and Kerala’s Sajan Prakash (24.78s) with a new Games record time of 24.60s.

One of the most consistent swimmers in the circuit, Srihari Nataraj of Karnataka won gold in the 100m Backstroke event with a new Games record of 55.59s. Rishabh Das of Maharashtra (57.37s) won the silver while Karnataka’s Siva Sridhar won the bronze with a timing of 57.41s.

In the women’s 100m Backstroke, Maharashtra’s Palk Joshi won gold stopping the clock at 1:05.29s. Goa’s Sanjana Prabhugaonker won silver (1:05.73s) and Ridhima Veerendra Kumar of Karnataka won bronze (1:05.86s).

Maharashtra now leads the standings with 161 medals, including 60 gold, 48 silver and 53 bronze medals. They still have a sizeable advantage over defending champions Services Sports Control Board, who after a slow start now has 37 gold medals and 13 silver and bronze each. Haryana is currently third in the standings with a total of 85 medals, including 31 gold.

Haryana won three of the six gold medals that were decided in wresting on Thursday at the Campal Sports Village with SSCB, Chandigarh and Madhya Pradesh winning the other three.

At the Athletics Stadium, Arun AB of Services hogged the limelight on the penultimate day of the track and field events by erasing men’s triple jump record. His gold medal performance of 16.79m was better than Praveen Chithravel’s 16.68m record set last year in Gujarat.

Srabani Nanda of Odisha and Abhin B. Devadiga of Karnataka clinched the gold medals in 200 M women and men sprints respectively. Srabani (23.69 s) pipped Punjab’s Kamaljeet Kaur (23.84 s) and favourite Jyoti Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh (23.95 s) to win the gold.

In the men’s category Karnataka’s Abhin stopped the clock at 20.89 s to win the gold while state mate, K.V Shashikanth won silver (20.97 s) and Odisha’s Animesh Kujur won bronze (20.99 s).

Chanda K.M of Delhi won the gold in the Women’s 800 M adding to the silver she won in 1500 M. She completed the two-lap race in a timing of 2:01.74 s ahead Yamuna Ladkat of Maharashtra and Pooja of Haryana.

Anirban Ghosh of West Bengal and Archana Kamath of Karnataka clinched the men’s and women’s singles gold medals in table tennis while lMaharashtra added two gold medals from mixed and women’s doubles at the Campal Multipurpose Indoor Stadium.

Third seed Ghosh blanked fifth seed Yashansh Malik of Delhi 4-0 men’s singles final while Archana defeated Maharashtra’s Diya Chitale 4-1. Diya, however, can take pride in winning gold in the mixed doubles, combining with seasoned campaigner Sanil Shetty to beat West Bengal’s Ankur Bhattacharya and Kaushani Nath in straight games.

In the Cycling competitions being held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, there were no upsets as Indian internationals won all six gold medals on offer. Meenakshi of Haryana won two gold medals, winning the 15 Km Scratch and 3 KM Individual Pursuit races.

Naman Kapil of Punjab 15 Km Scratch Race while Meenakshi of Haryana won the 10 Km Scratch Race. David Beckham of Andaman & Nicobar Islands edged out his national team compatriots Rojit Singh and Venkappa Kengalagutti to win the gold in the 1000 M Individual Time Trial and also win the union territories first medal of the games. In the Women’s 500 M Individual Time Trial Delhi’s Triyasha Paul won the gold.

Important Results:

Athletics

200 M Women

Gold – Srabani Nanda (Odisha) – 23.69 s

Silver – Kamaljeet Kaur (Punjab) – 23.84 s

Bronze – Jyothi Yarraji (Andhra Pradesh) – 23.95 s

200 M Men

Gold – Abhin B. Devadiga (Karnataka) – 20.89 s

Silver – V.A Shashikanth (Karnataka) – 20.97 s

Bronze – Animesh Kujur (Odisha) – 20.99 s

800 M Women

Gold – K.M Chanda (Delhi) – 2:01.74 s

Silver – Yamuna Ladkat (Maharashtra) – 2:03.24 s

Bronze – Pooja (Haryana) – 2:03.69 s

800 M Men

Gold - Pradeep Senthil Kumar (Tamil Nadu) 1:48.10 s

Silver - Shakeel (Rajasthan) 1:48.65 secs

Bronze - Prakash Gadade (SSCB) 1:48.75 secs

Hammer Throw Men

Gold - Taranveer Singh Bains (SSCB) - 65.09m,

Silver - Ajay Kumar (Haryana) - 64.55m

Bronze - Niraj Kumar (SSCB) - 63.12m.

Triple Jump Men

Gold - Arun AB (SSCB) – 16.79 m (NGR)

Silver - Karthik Unnikrishnan (SSCB) - 16.57 m

Bronze – M. Selva Prabhu (Tamil Nadu) - 16.56 m.

Heptathlon

Gold - Sowmiya Murugan (Andhra Pradesh) – 5127 points

Silver - Tanu (Haryana) - 5037 points

Bronze - Sonu Kumari (Haryana) - 5032 points.

Swimming

Women’s 1500 M Freestyle

Gold – Bhavya Sachdeva (Delhi) – 17:40.82 s

Silver – Vritti Agarwal (Telangana) – 18:03.88 s

Bronze – Shirin (Karnataka) – 18:18.21 s

Men’s 800 M Freestyle

Gold – Kushagra Rawat (Delhi) – 8:07.43 s (NGR)

Silver – Sajan Prakash (Kerala) – 8:15.64 s

Bronze – Advait Page (Madhya Pradesh) – 8:16.08 s

Women’s 100 M Backstroke

Gold – Palak Joshi (Maharashtra) – 1:05.29 s

Silver – Sanjana Prabhugaonker (Goa) – 1:05.73 s

Bronze – Ridhima Veerendra Kumar (Karnataka) – 1:05.86 s

Men’s 100 M Backstroke

Gold – Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) – 55.59 s (NGR)

Silver – Rishabh Das (Maharashtra) – 57.37 s

Bronze – Siva Sridhar (Karnataka) – 57.41 s

Women’s 50 M Butterfly

Gold – Nina Venkatesh (Karnataka) – 27.70 s (NGR)

Silver – Manavi Varma (Karnataka) – 27.90 s

Bronze – Rujuta Khade (Maharashtra) – 28.38 s

Men’s 50 M Butterfly

Gold – Virdhawal Khade (Maharashtra) – 24.60 s (NGR)

Silver – Mihir Ambre (Maharashtra) – 24.67 s

Bronze – Sajan Prakash (Kerala) – 24.78 s

Table Tennis

Men’s Final’s

Anirban Ghosh (West Bengal) bt Yashansh Malik (Delhi)

(11-8, 11-6, 12-10, 11-5)

Semi-Finals

Yashansh Malik bt Priyanuj Bhattacharyya (Assam) – 4-1

(11-9, 6-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-5)

Anirban Ghosh bt Ankur Bhattacharya (West Bengal) – 4-3

(10-12, 14-12, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 11-2)

Women’s Finals

Archana Girish Kamath (Karnataka) bt Diya Parag Chitale (Maharashtra) – 4-1

(11-4, 11-7, 11-6, 7-11, 12-10)

Semi-Finals

Diya Parag Chitale bt Swastika Sandeep Ghosh (Maharashtra) – 4-0

(11-8, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5)

Archana Girish Kamath bt Lakshita Narang (Delhi) – 4-3

(7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 13-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9)

Women’s Doubles Finals

Swastika Sandeep Ghosh/Shruti Vijay Amrute (Maharashtra) bt Sagarika Mukherjee/Kaushani Nath (West Bengal) – 3-0 (11-7, 11-2, 12-10)

Men’s Doubles Finals

Anirban Ghosh/Ankur Bhattacharya (West Bengal) bt Abhishek Yadav/Divyansh Srivastava (Uttar Pradesh) – 3-2 (4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-8)

Mixed Doubles Finals

Sanil Shetty/Diya Parag Chitale (Maharashtra) bt Ankur Bhattacharya/Kaushani Nath (West Bengal) – 3-0 (11-6, 11-4, 11-2)

Wrestling

Men’s 86 Kg Freestyle

Gold – Sanjeet (SSCB)

Silver – Sandeep (Punjab)

Bronze – Ashish (Delhi), Rakesh (Haryana)

Men’s 125 Kg Freestyle

Gold – Ashish (Chandigarh)

Silver – Sumit Malik (Haryana)

Bronze – Prashant Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Nagaraj Danadamani (Karnataka)

Men’s Greco Roman 77 Kg

Gold – Vikas (Haryana)

Silver – Ravi Kumar (Delhi)

Bronze – Abhimanu (Punjab), Deepak Punia (Haryana)

Women’s 68 Kg

Gold – Arju (Haryana)

Silver – Jaspreet Kaur (Punjab)

Bronze – Pooja Kumari (Uttar Pradesh), Swati Berwal (Haryana)

Women’s 50 Kg

Gold – Shivanee Pawar (Madhya Pradesh)

Silver – Neelam (Uttar Pradesh)

Bronze – Sweety (Haryana), Nandini Salokhe (Maharashtra)

Men’s Greco Roman 97 Kg

Gold – Nitesh (Haryana)

Silver – Nairinder Cheema (Punjab)

Bronze – Rohit Bura (Haryana), Sonu (SSCB)

Cycling (At IGI Delhi)

15 KM Scratch Race Men

Gold – Naman Kapil (Punjab)

Silver – Anil Manglaw (Haryana)

Bronze – Manjeet Kumar (Haryana)

10 KM Scratch Race Women

Gold – Meenakshi (Haryana)

Silver – Keerthi C. Rangaswamy (Karnataka)

Bronze – Swasti Singh (Odisha)

1000 M Individual Time Trial Men

Gold – David Beckham Elkatohchoongo (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) – 1:02.197

Silver – Yanglem Rojit Singh (Manipur) – 1:03.891

Bronze – Venkappa Shivappa Kengalagutti (Karnataka) – 1:05.105

500 M Individual Time Trial Women

Gold – Triyasha Paul (Delhi) – 00:36.205

Silver – Celestina Chelobroy (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) – 00:36.698

Bronze – Mayuri Lute (Maharashtra) – 00:36.772

Men 4 KM Individual Pursuit

Gold – Niraj Kumar (Haryana) – 4:32.120

Silver –Dinesh Kumar (SSCB) – 4:39.173

Bronze – Vishavjeet Singh (Punjab) – 4:41.133

Women 3 KM Individual Pursuit

Gold – Meenakshi (Haryana) – 03:56.495 s

Silver – Keerthi Chikki Rangaswamy (Karnataka) – 03:58.765 s

Bronze – Swasti Singh (Odisha) – 03:58.003 s

Diving 1 M Spring Board Men

Gold – Hemam London Singh (SSCB)

Silver – Satish Kumar Prajapati (Uttar Pradesh)

Bronze – Joydeep Nayek (Assam)

Wushu

Men’s Tajiquan

Gold – M. Gyandash Singh (SSCB)

Silver – Leimapokpam Naokhomba Meitei (Manipur)

Bronze – Deepak Lama (Delhi)

Women Tajiquan

Gold – L. Sanatombi Chanu (Manipur)

Silver – Mepung Lamju (Arunachal Pradesh_

Bronze – Realu Poo (Arunachal Pradesh)

Men’s Daoshu

Gold – Rohit Jadhav (Madhya Pradesh) – 9.60 points

Silver – Subhash Tomar (Madhya Pradesh) – 9.40 points

Bronze – Aditya Gautham (Uttar Pradesh) – 8.20 points

Women’s Daoshu

Gold – Nyeman Wangsu (Arunachal Pradesh) – 9.30 points

Silver – Sunita Gari (Jharkhand) – 7.60 points

Bronze – Janiva Danita Fernandes (Goa) – 7.10 points

Men’s Qianshu

Gold – Salam Marshal Singh (Manipur) – 9.60 points

Silver – Bhanu Singh (Uttar Pradesh) – 9.15 points

Bronze – Shubham Patel (Madhya Pradesh) – 9.10 points

Women’s Qianshu

Gold – Umlambam Echantombhi Devi (Manipur) – 8.70 points

Silver – Poorvi Soni (Madhya Pradesh) – 7.60 points

Bronze – Tara Kumari (Jharkhand) – 6.90 points

Taekwondo

Men Under 58 Kg

Gold – Abdul Waheed J (SSCB)

Silver – Prashant Rana (Haryana)

Bronze – Neeraja Gupta (Gujarat)

Men Under 74 Kg

Gold – Akshay Hooda (SSCB)

Silver – Jarnal Singh (Rajasthan)

Bronze – Deepesh Pandey (Madhya Pradesh), Prasad Patil (Maharashtra)

Women’s Under 62 Kg

Gold – Priyanka Leitanthem (Manipur)

Silver – Shreya Rani (Bihar)

Bronze – Bharati Rohidas More (Maharashtra), Anushiya Priyadarshini (TN)

Women Under 49 Kg

Gold – Deeksha Sharma (Haryana)

Silver – Muskan Manu (Arunachal Pradesh)

Bronze – Laisham Achaltombi Devi (Kerala), Mrunal Vaidya (Maharashtra)

Hockey

Women

Pool A: West Bengal bt Tamil Nadu – 4-0

Pool B: Jharkhand bt Maharashtra – 3-0, Punjab bt Goa – 4-1

Men

Pool A: Odisha bt Delhi – 3-2

Pool B: Karnataka bt Tamil Nadu – 3-2, Jharkhand bt Goa – 6-1

Men’s Football

Pool A: Maharashtra bt Meghalaya – 2-1, Kerala bt Manipur – 3-1

Roll Ball

Women’s Gold Medal Match

Maharashtra bt Odisha – 7-3

Women’s Semi-Finals

Maharshtra bt Jammu & Kashmir – 5-2

Rajasthan bt Jharkhand – 6-1

Men’s Gold Medal Match

Rajasthan bt Maharashtra – 7-5

Men’s Semi-Finals

Maharashtra bt Jharkhand – 17-9

Rajasthan bt Uttar Pradesh – 7-6

Water Polo

Group Stages

Women

Maharashtra bt Karnataka – 15-7

Delhi bt Haryana – 24-2

West Bengal bt Kerala – 8-5

Men

SSCB bt West Bengal – 9-1

Mahrashtra bt Kerala – 6-4

Lawn Balls

Group Stage Matches

Women’s Fours

West Bengal bt Jharkhand – 12-7

Odisha bt Goa – 32-5

Assam bt Bihar – 35-6

Delhi bt Manipur – 21-10

Women’s Singles

Jharkhand bt Bihar – 21-7

Delhi bt Manipur – 21-13

Assam bt West Bengal – 21-20

Odisha bt Goa – 21-14

Men’s Pairs

Delhi bt Bihar – 25-10

Manipur bt Odisha – 23-12

Jharkhand bt West Bengal – 30-6

Assam bt Goa – 40-5

Men’s Triples

Jharkhand bt West Bengal – 16-13

Manipur bt Goa – 17-16

Assam bt Odisha – 25-10

Delhi bt Bihar – 17-7