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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.
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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 11:10 AM GMT
Shooting: Vijayveer Sidhu tops the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol qualification
Vijayveer Sidhu booked his spot in the final by topping the qualification round with a good score of 587. Anish (582) and Neeraj Kumar (579) finished in the second and third rounds respectively.
- 29 Jan 2025 10:30 AM GMT
Basketball: Tamil Nadu and Karnataka women's team start the campaign with a win
In the women's Pool B competition, Tamil Nadu women's team registered a massive win in their opening fixture against Chhattisgarh while Karnataka women's team got better off the Delhi team.
Women's Pool B Results on 29th Feb:
Chhattisgarh 67 - 125 Tamil Nadu
Delhi 59 - 71 Karnataka
- 29 Jan 2025 9:50 AM GMT
Men's Beach Handball: Services, Rajasthan, Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh into semis
The group stage of the men's beach handball competition concluded and the teams of Services and Rajasthan topped their respective groups to qualify for the semifinals.
Whereas, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh also booked their spot in the semi-final by finishing in the second position of their respective groups.
Group A
Group B
- 29 Jan 2025 9:35 AM GMT
Rugby Sevens: Here are the first-round results of the men's and women's competition
Men's Pool A
Maharashtra 39-0 Kerala
Haryana 38-0 Uttrakhand
Men's Pool B
Odisha 29-0 Bihar
West Bengal 21-5 Delhi
Women's Pool A
Odisha 57-0 Uttrakhand
Delhi 19-12 West Bengal
Women's Pool B
Maharashtra 68-0 Tamil Nadu
Bihar 58-0 Kerala
- 29 Jan 2025 9:10 AM GMT
Football: Odisha women's team 2-1 Haryana women's team
The women's football team competition of the National Games kickstarted at the District Sports Complex, Haldwani where the Odisha women's team won a close match against Haryana in the opening fixture of Group A.
- 29 Jan 2025 8:55 AM GMT
Volleyball: Kerala women's team starts the competition with a dominating win
Kerala women's team starts the women's volleyball competition with a dominating 3-0 win over West Bengal in the opening fixture of group B.
Final Score: Kerala Women (25-22, 25-15, 25-11) West Bengal
- 29 Jan 2025 8:45 AM GMT
Badminton: Uttrakhand women's team edges past Gujarat to start their competition
The hosts started the women's team competition with a close (3-2) win against Gujarat in the opening fixture of the competition.
- 29 Jan 2025 8:35 AM GMT
Badminton: Rajasthan men's team starts with a win against Arunachal Pradesh
The men's badminton team competition started at the National Games with the Rajasthan men's team winning (4-1) the first tie against Arunachal Pradesh despite losing the first match of the tie.
- 29 Jan 2025 7:30 AM GMT
Swimming: Here is the final lineup for men's and women's 100m butterfly event
Sajan Prakash and Dhinidhi Desinghu topped the preliminary round of men's and women's 100m butterfly events respectively.
Here is how the start list of these two event's Finals is looking like:
- 29 Jan 2025 6:30 AM GMT
Shooting: Ramita tops the qualification round of 10m air rifle women
Ramita booked her spot in the final with an impressive qualification round of 10m Air Rifle Women, scoring a total of 634.9.
Whereas, other international shooters like Tilottma Sen (629.3) and Ashi Chouksey (629.3) missed out on a final cut.