National Games, Day 16: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins silver in men's singles- Highlights
Day 16 of the National Games offered exciting action in Wrestling, Table Tennis, and more.
Actions from National Games 2025 get underway in Uttarakhand on February 12, 2025.
The final day of the National Games 2025 offered exciting action in Wrestling, Table Tennis, and Shooting in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
Jash Modi and Selena Selvakumar won the individual singles titles in table tennis whereas Haryana and Karnataka clinched the women's and men's hockey titles.
The wrestling campaign ended with Haryana and Services tied for the top position with six gold medals each.
As it happened:
List of all gold medalists from the day
Women's Freestyle 53 Kg - Swati - Maharashtra
Women's Freestyle 57 Kg - Tapsya Ahlawat - Haryana
Men's Freestyle 74 Kg - Jaideep - Services
Men's Freestyle 86 Kg - Mukul - Delhi
Men's Greco Roman 60 Kg - Sahil - Haryana
Men's Greco Roman 130 Kg - Uttam Rana - Uttarakhand
Jash Modi of Maharashtra wins the men's singles title with a 4-3 win over experienced Indian paddler Sathiyan Gnanasekaran of Tamil Nadu.
Final Score: Jash Modi 4-3 (7-11, 6-11, 11-7. 11-8, 14-12, 6-11, 11-6) Sathiyan Gnanasekran
Karnataka lifted the men's hockey crown with a 3-2 win against Uttar Pradesh in the final.
Shamanth Cs (8'), Bharath Kurtakoti (18'), and Abharan Sudev B (39') scored one goal each for Karnataka while Faraz Khan (1') and Shardanad Tiwari (45') were the goalscorers for Uttar Pradesh.
Selena of Tamil Nadu got the better of experienced Swastika Ghosh of Maharashtra to clinch the women's singles title after a very close victory in a topsy-turvy final
Selena positively started the final, winning the first two games comfortably but then Swastika made a comeback and took the lead by winning three games on the trot.
But then, Selena made another comeback in the match and by winning the final two games, confirmed a gold medal for herself.
Final Score: Selena 4-3 (11-7, 11-2, 6-11, 7-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9) Swastika
Haryana's duo of Raiza Dhillon and Ishaan Libra won the mixed skeet team gold medal with a win against Punjab's pairing of Bhavtegh Gill and Ganemot Sekhon in the final.
Medalists:
Gold - Haryana - Raiza Dhillon and Ishaan Libra
Silver - Punjab - Bhavtegh Gill and Ganemot Sekhon
Bronze - Telangana - Rashmmi Rathore and Munek Battula
Haryana women's team crowned champion of women's hockey competition.
Haryana women's team completely turn around the fortunes in the second half, scoring four goals and not allowing Madhya Pradesh to add any more goals to its tally.
Ishika (45', 50') scored a brace for Haryana whereas Mahima Choudhary (37') and Monika (55') scored one goal each, resulting in this comeback of Haryana in this match.
Full Time: Madhya Pradesh 1-4 Haryana
Aishwarya Chavan's early goal in the first quarter was the only difference between Madhya Pradesh and Haryana at the half-time of this women's hockey final at the National Games 2025.
Half Time: Madhya Pradesh 1-0 Haryana
The West Bengal pairing of Ayhika Mukherjee and Anirban Ghosh clinched the mixed doubles gold medal, winning a close encounter against Maharashtrian duo of Reeth Tennison and Chinmaya Somaiya.
Final Score: Ayhika-Anirban 3-2 (10-12, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-2) Reeth-Chinmaya
Medalists:
Gold - Parina Madanpotra - Maharashtra
Silver - Muskan Rana - Jammu & Kashmir
Bronze - Sanyukta Kale - Maharashtra
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