National Games 2025 Day-5: Rahi Sarnobat wins the women's 25m pistol title - Highlights

That's it from our coverage of the fifth day of action at the National Games 2025.

Squash: Velavan Senthilkumar into the final of men's singles, Abhay skips

Abhay Singh skipped the semi-final, giving a bye to Rahul Baitha who will take on Velavan Senthil Kumar in the final tomorrow,

Velavan took a comfortable straight-game victory against Suraj Chand to book his spot in the Final.

Here is how the men's and women's Singles Finals line-up looks like:

WS - Akansha Salunkhe Vs Anjali Semwal 

MS - Velavan Senthil Kumar Vs Rahul Baitha

Swimming: Nina Venkatesh topples Dhinidhi Desinghu to win women's 50 butterfly title

Nina Venkatesh of Karnataka gets better of her teammate Dhinidhi to win the women's 50m Butterfly gold medal.

Medalists 50m Butterfly Women:

Gold - Nina Venkatesh - Karnataka

Silver - Dhinidhi Desinghu - Kanataka

Bronze - Rutuja Rajadnya - Maharashtra

Other Gold Medalists on Day 5

1500m Freestyle Women - Bhavya Sachdeva - Delhi 

400m Freestyle Men - Kushagra Rawat - Delhi 

100m Backstroke - Srihari Natraj - Karnataka

50m Butterfly Men - Benediction Rohit B - Tamil Nadu

100m Backstroke Women - Soubrity Mondal - West Bengal 

Kabaddi: Uttar Pradesh men's team wins the gold medal

Uttar Pradesh clinched the men's team title after winning a high-scoring battle (57-43) against Chandigarh.

Medallists:

Gold - Uttar Pradesh

Silver - Chandigarh

Bronze - Haryana & Services

Kabaddi: Himachal Pradesh women's team wins the gold medal

Himachal Pradesh clinched the women's team title after winning a close battle (27-22) against Haryana in the final.

Gold - Himachal Pradesh

Silver - Haryana

Bronze - Maharashtra & Rajasthan

Weightlifting: Harcharan Singh of Rajasthan wins the men's 109 Kg gold medal

Medalists

Gold - Harcharan Singh - Rajasthan

Silver - Md. Jmeer - Services

Bronze  - Manish - Haryana

Squash: Tamil Nadu men's team wins the team title with a 2-0 win over Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu men's team clinched the team title with a comfortable 2-0 win against Maharashtra in the final. Abhay Singh and Velavan Senthilkumar showed their class to take Tamil Nadu to the top of the podium.

Medalists: 

Gold - Tamil Nadu

Silver - Maharashtra

Bronze - Madhya Pradesh & Services

Squash: Maharashtra women's team wins the team title with a 2-1 win over Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra women's team clinched the team title with a 2-1 win against Tamil Nadu in a hard-fought final. Rathika Seelan was the only player to win a match for Tamil Nadu.

Medalists:

Gold - Maharashtra

Silver - Tamil Nadu

Bronze - Uttar Pradesh & Rajasthan

Shooting: Ashi Chouksey tops the qualification round of the Women's 3P Rifle with an outstanding score

Ashi, representing Madhya Pradesh, shot a brilliant score of 598/600 in the women's 3 Positions rifle event. Sift Kaur Samra finished second with 592/600 to qualify for the final.

Ashi's 598 is better than the current women's 3P Qualification world record of 596. However, It will not be counted as this is a national competition.

Shooting: Indian veteran shooter Rahi Sarnobat wins the women's 25m pistol title

Indian pistol shooter Rahi Sarnobat of Maharashtra clinched the gold medal in the women's 25m pistol event, overcoming the challenge of youngster Simranpreet Kaur.

Medallists:

Gold - Rahi Sarnobat - Maharashtra

Silver - Simranpreet Kaur - Punjab

Bronze - Divya T S - Karnataka