National Games 2025 Day 3: Parth Mane wins gold, Bindyarani Devi breaks Mirabai's national record – Highlights
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Indian shooter Arjun Babuta
The 38th edition of the National Games entered the third day of competition on Friday. There were medals on offer in events ranging from shooting to rugby today in the state of Uttarakhand.
Former world champion Rudrankksh Patil and Paris Olympics fourth-place finisher Arjun Babuta were left behind by 17-year-old Parth Mane in the men's 10m air rifle final whereas Bindyrani bettered Mirabai Chanu's Snatch NR in 55 Kg.
As it happened:
After day 3, the medal tally is tightly poised as three contingents, Manipur, Services, and Karnataka, are tied on 9 gold medals and the top three are separated by just 2 medals in between.
Uttarakhand men's team got better (3-1) than Rajasthan to book its spot in the final whereas Karnataka men's team edged past (3-2) Chhattisgarh in a close semi-final.
Semifinal Result - Uttarakhand Vs Rajasthan
Semifinal Result - Karnataka Vs Chhattisgarh
Vanshika Namdeo and Pragya Yadav won the gold medals in Gunshu (Taolu) and Taijijian (Taolu) respectively to take Madhya Pradesh's gold medal tally to three in the sports of Wushu.
Women's Gunshu (Taolu) Medalists
Gold - Vanshika Namdeo - Madhya Pradesh
Silver - Padmani Narzari - Assam
Bronze - Riya Thakur - Odisha
Women's Taijijian (Taolu) Medalists
Gold - Pragya Yadav - Madhya Pradesh
Silver - Khaidem Chanu - Manipur
Bronze - Sakshi Johri - Uttar Pradesh
Men's Taijijian (Taolu) Medalists
Gold - Kangjam singh - Manipur
Silver - Abhishek Mehto - Delhi
Bronze - Wahengbam Bhumeswor Meetei - Manipur
Men's Gunshu (Taolu) Medalists
Gold - Shasi Tamnag - Services
Silver - Ningthoujam Malemnganba Singh - Manipur
Bronze - Mahadev Pandey - Punjab
Nirupama Devi of Manipur clinched the gold medal in the women's 64 Kg weight class with a total of 209 Kg.
Medalists
Gold - Nirupama Devi - Manipur - 209 Kg
Silver - Ditimoni Sonowal - Assam - 208 Kg
Bronze - Roshilata Devi - Manipur - 196 Kg
Dhinidhi Desinghu clinched the women's 50m freestyle gold medal with a time of 26.96 whereas Mihir Ambre of Maharashtra edged past Srihari Natraj to clinch the men's 50m freestyle gold medal.
Day-3 Swimming Gold Medalists
50m Men's Freestyle - Mihir Ambre - Maharashtra
50m Women's Freestyle - Dhinidhi Desinghu - Karnataka
200m Men's Backstroke - Rishabh Das - Maharashtra
200m Women's Backstroke - Soubrity Mondal - West Bengal
400m Men's Medley - Shoan Ganguly - Karnataka
800m Women's Freestyle - Bhavya Sachdeva - Delhi
Odisha women's rugby team clinched the title with a 29-5 win against Bihar in the final. Meanwhile, Maharashtra clinched the bronze medal with a close (17-10) win in the bronze medal playoff against Delhi.
Medalists Women's Team
Gold - Odisha
Silver - Bihar
Bronze - Maharashtra
Haryana's men's rugby team clinched the title with a 22-7 win against Maharashtra in the final. Meanwhile, Odisha came from behind to win (26-10) the bronze medal playoff against West Bengal.
Medalists Men's Team
Gold - Haryana
Silver - Maharashtra
Bronze - Odisha
Muskan Gupta of Gujarat clinched the women's 60 Km Mass start event whereas Dinesh Kumar of Services won the men's 120 Km mass start event.
Women's 60 Km Mass Start
Gold - Muskan Gupta - Gujarat
Silver - Pooja Danole - Maharashtra
Bronze - Swati Singh - Odisha
Men's 120 Km Mass Start
Gold - Dinesh Kumar - Services
Silver - Sahil Kumar - Services
Bronze - Aashirwad Saxena - Telangana
The Haryana women's team has reached the final of the women's team competition with a 3-1 win against Gujarat in the semi-final. Tasnim Mir won the only match for Gujarat in the tie.
The Uttarakhand women's team has reached the final of the women's team competition with a 3-1 win against Assam in the semi-final. Isharani Baruah won the only match for Assam in the tie.
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