National Games
National Games 2025 Day-1: Ramita into final, Dhinidhi breaks the national record - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from all the action from the first day of the National Games 2025 in Uttrakhand.
Ramita Jindal in action at the 2025 National Games in Uttarakhand. (File Photo)
On the opening day of the National Games 2025, Uttarakhand edged past Karnataka 3-2 in a thrilling men's badminton team match, while their women's team secured a narrow 3-2 victory over Gujarat. Rajasthan's men's team also started strong, defeating Arunachal Pradesh.
In swimming, Karnataka's Srihari Nataraj clinched two gold medals, including the men's 200m freestyle, while Dhinidhi Desinghu dominated with three golds and a national record in the women's 200m freestyle.
Rugby Sevens saw Odisha, West Bengal, and Bihar register commanding victories in the women's category, while Haryana and Odisha continued their unbeaten runs in the men's competition.
In Wushu, Manipur dominated with gold medals from Konjengbam Luxmi Devi, Bonish Yurembam, and Tongbram Saya Chanu, while Services' Mayanglambam Singh triumphed in the men’s Changquan event.
Services' Ningthoujam Wilson Singh clinched the gold in men's high board diving, and Vijayveer Sidhu topped the men's 25m rapid fire pistol shooting qualification.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 29 Jan 2025 3:53 PM GMT
Badminton: Results from Day one
Day one results from Badminton Team Cships:
Men
Group A: Uttarakhand beat Karnataka 3-2
Group B: Rajasthan beat Arunachal Pradesh 4-1; Chattisgarh beat Rajasthan 3-2.
Women
Group A: Haryana beat Assam 4-1.
Group B: Uttarakhand beat Gujarat 3-2; Uttarakhand beat Karnataka 3-2.
- 29 Jan 2025 1:30 PM GMT
Swimming: Srihari Nataraj wins two gold medals including the men's 200m freestyle
Srihari Nataraj further extended the medal tally for Karnataka after winning the men's 200m freestyle gold medal and he was also the part of men's 4*100m relay gold medal-winning team of Karnataka.
Men's 200m Freestyle results
Srihari Nataraj - Karnataka - 1:50.57
Aneesh S Gowda - Karnataka - 1:52.42
Sajan Prakash - Kerala - 1:53.73
- 29 Jan 2025 1:15 PM GMT
Swimming: Dhinidhi Desinghu breaks 200m freestyle national record, wins three gold medals
Dhinidhi Desinghu of Karnataka won three gold medals on the opening day. She also re-wrote her own national record in the women's 200m freestyle category to clinch the gold medal.
Later, she added two more gold medals in her kitty, winning the women's 100m butterfly and women's 4*100m freestyle finals.
Women's 200m Freestyle Results
Dhinidhi Desinghu - Karnataka - 2:03.24 - Gold (NR)
Bhavya Sachdeva - Delhi - 2:08.68 - Silver
Aditi Satish Hegde - Maharashtra - 2:09.74 - Bronze
Women's 100m Butterfly Results
Dhinidhi Desinghu - Karnataka - 1:03.62 - Gold
Naisha Shetty - Karnataka - 1:04.81 - Silver
Shristi Upadhaya - Odisha - 1:05.20 - Bronze
- 29 Jan 2025 12:50 PM GMT
Women's Rugby Sevens: Results of the second round matches
Women's Pool A
Odisha 24-5 Delhi
West Bengal 36-5 Uttarakhand
Women's Pool B
Bihar 58-0 Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra 56-0 Bihar
- 29 Jan 2025 12:45 PM GMT
Men's Rugby Sevens: Haryana and Odisha continue their winning run
Second-round results of the competition:
Men's Pool A
Haryana 31-12 Maharashtra
Kerala 19-12 Uttarakhand
Men's Pool B
Odisha 10-5 Delhi
West Bengal 12-12 Bihar
- 29 Jan 2025 12:05 PM GMT
Wushu: Konjengbam Luxmi Devi wins the women's Nanquan (Taolu) gold medal
Konjengbam Luxmi Devi - Manipur - Gold
Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi - Manipur - Silver
Aprajeeta Mishra - Bihar - Bronze
- 29 Jan 2025 12:00 PM GMT
Wushu: Bonish Yurembam wins the men's Nanquan (Taolu) gold medal
Bonish Yurembam - Manipur - Gold
Krish Chhetri - Delhi - Silver
Devesh Shaw - West Bengal - Bronze
- 29 Jan 2025 11:50 AM GMT
Wushu: Mayanglambam Singh wins the men's Changquan (Taolu) gold medal
Mayanglambam Singh - Services - Gold
Salam Singh - Manipur - Silver
Sumit Pulami - Delhi - Bronze
- 29 Jan 2025 11:45 AM GMT
Wushu: Tongbram Saya Chanu wins the women's Changquan (Taolu) gold medal
Tongbram Saya Chanu - Manipur - Gold
Khaidem Panthoi Devi - Manipur - Silver
Jyoti Verma - Uttarakhand - Bronze
- 29 Jan 2025 11:30 AM GMT
Diving: Ningthoujam Wilson Singh of Services wins HighBoard men's title
Ningthoujam Wilson Singh of Services clinched the gold medal in the men's HighBoard event with a total score of 289.10.
Amit Dey completed the double podium for Services by winning the silver medal with a score of 272.50. Meanwhile, Om Rajesh Awasthi of Maharashtra clinched the bronze medal with 239.30.
