National games 2025, Day 6: Velavan Senthilkumar wins squash singles gold- Highlights
Catch all the live updates from the sixth day of action at the National Games 2025 in Uttarakhand.
Ashi Chouksey at the 2025 National Games (Photo credit: Abhishek Mishra/The Bridge)
A variety of sports competitions are taking place across multiple venues, including aquatics, badminton, football, squash, weightlifting, boxing, yogasana, archery, basketball, lawn bowls, rowing, track cycling, and shooting, on Monday at the National games.
The day is packed with matches, heats, and finals, with events starting as early as 6:00 AM and continuing into the evening.
Event Schedule for February 3, 2025
1. Aquatics - 08:30 AM- Manaskhand Tarantal, Golapar Haldwani
2. Badminton - 09:00 AM- Multi-Purpose Hall, Parade Ground, Dehradun
3. Football (Men) - 10:00 AM - Indira Gandhi International Sports Complex & District Sports Complex, Haldwani
4. Squash - 11:00 AM - Squash Court, Rajat Jayanti Khel Parisar, Dehradun
5. Weightlifting - 09:00 AM- Monal Hall, MPSC, Rajat Jayanti Khel Parisar, Dehradun
6. Boxing - 06:00 AM - Shri Hari Singh Thapa Sports College Indoor Stadium, Pithoragarh
7. Yogasana - 11:00 AM- Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Stadium, Almora
8. Archery - 10:00 AM - RGICS Ground, Rajat Jayanti Khel Parisar, Dehradun
9. Basketball 3x3 - 10:00 AM - Bhagirathi Hall, MPSC, Rajat Jayanti Khel Parisar, Dehradun
10. Lawn Bowls - 09:00 AM - Hockey Practice Ground, MPSC, Rajat Jayanti Khel Parisar, Dehradun
11. Rowing - 09:30 AM - Water Sports Complex, Koti Colony, Tehri
12. Track Cycling - 09:30 AM - Shivalik Velodrome, Rudrapur
13. Shooting (Rifle & Pistol) - 09:00 AM - Trishool Shooting Range, MPSC, Rajat Jayanti Khel Parisar, Dehradun
That's it from our coverage from Day 6 of the 2025 National Games. Do join in tomorrow as the action continues!
Meanwhile, the top seeded Sathish Kumar Karunakaran will take on Suryaksh Rawat in the men's singles final.
Sathish made quick work of Kaushal Dharmamer 21-10, 21-9, whereas Suryaksh took down second seeded Saneeth DS 13-21, 22-20, 21-19 in a hard fought encounter.
The women's singles final in badminton is set. Anupama Upadhayay will face Anmol Kharb in the final.
Upadhayay comes from behind to beat Shreya Lele 17-21, 21-19, 21-15.
The young Anmol Kharb is through to the women's singles final in badminton.
She beat Tasnim Mir 21-16, 16-21, 21-19 in a hard fought encounter.
Kharb will now face the winner of the second semi-final between Anupama Upadhyay and Shreya Lele in the gold medal match.
Yet another national record for the teenaged Dhinidhi Desinghu. She clocks 4:24.60s to take the gold medal in the women's 400m freestyle final.
Keerthi Rangaswamy bagged the gold medal for Karnataka in the Women's 10km Elite Scratch Race.
Chayanika Gogoi of Assam pockets silver, while Meenakshi wins bronze for Haryana.
Velavan Senthilkumar wins the men's singles gold medal for Tamil Nadu in Squash. He beats Maharashtra's Rahul 3-0.
Akanksha Salunkhe of Goa beats Maharashtra's Anjali Semwal 3-0 to win the women's singles gold medal in Squash!
Punjab Mehak Sharma shatters all three national records in women's +87kg Weightlifting.
She lifts 106kg in snatch, 141kg in clean and jerk for a total of 247kg.
Lovepreet Singh (SSCB)- Gold
S. Rudramayan (Tamil Nadu)- Silver
Vivek Pandey (Uttarakhand)- Bronze
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