Feb 10: Continuing the golden run, India took their medal tally to 122 with 76 golds, 36 silver and 10 bronze at the 12th South Games here today. In Atheletics events on day one India won five golds. Himasha Eashan won the gold in men’s, RMRK Rathnayaka secured the gold in women’s. In 5000m, India won gold both in men’s and women’s categories, with Man Singh and L Surya bringing the laurels respectively. In 800m for women’s, Sri Lanka’s WKLA Nimali won the gold, while GTA Abeyrathna, also of Sri Lanka, and Gomathi M of India secured the silver and bronze respectively.
Sri Lanka’s Manjula Kumar clinched the gold in high jump for men, with the silver going to Tejaswani Shankar and bronze to Ajay Kumar, both of India. In 5000m for men, the silver was notched by Suresh Kumar of India and the bronze by Rimal Hari Kumar of Nepal. In women’s 5000m, the silver was won by India’s Swati Gadhave and bronze by UK Rathanayake of Sri Lanka. In 100m for men, the silver was notched by Saaid Hassan of Maldives and bronze by Alam Ashrafa of Sri Lanka. In 100m for women, Srabani Nanda and Dutee Chand, both of India, won the silver and bronze respectively.
In swimming, India dominated the events by winning seven gold medals. Saurabh Sangvekar started the winning streak for India, setting a new SAG record of 3.58.84 minutes to win the 400m freestyle for men. Compatriot V Malvika secured the gold in 400m freestyle for women, setting a new meet record of 4.30.08 minutes. Sajan Prakash added the third gold to India’s kitty, winning the 200m butterfly for men with a new record of 2.03.02 minutes. This was followed by Damini Gowda winning the gold for India in 200m butterfly with a new SAG record of 2.21.12 minutes and PS Madhu in 50m backstroke for men, setting a new record of 26.86 seconds.
The gold in 50m backstroke for women was clinched by Kimiko Raheem of Sri Lanka, setting a new record of 29.75 seconds. Indians also won the gold in 4x200m freestyle for both men and women. In 400m freestyle for men, the silver was notched by Sajan Prakash of India and bronze by Kyle Abeysingh of Sri Lanka. The silver medal in 400m freestyle for women was won by Shivani Kataria of India and bronze by Gaurika Singh of Nepal. In 200m butterfly for men, Sri Lanka’s Cherantha De Silva secured the silver, while the bronze went to Md Juwel Ahmed of Bangladesh.
Ridmi Rankothge of Sri Lanka won the silver in 200m butterfly for women and Sonia Aktar of Bangladesh won the bronze. In 50m backstroke for men, the silver was bagged by M Arvind of India and the bronze by Matthew Abeysinghe of Sri Lanka. The silver in 50m backstroke for women was notched by Maana Patel of India and the bronze by Bisma Khan of Pakistan. In 4x200m freestyle for men, Sri Lanka won the silver, while the bronze went to Bangladesh. In the women’s category, the silver was clinched by Sri Lanka and the bronze by Pakistan.
In cycling events, India won six out of eight gold medals. Bidyaluxmi Tourangam, who had opened India’s gold tally in cycling at SAG, finished with three golds in her kitty, of which two came in individual events and one in a team event. Arvind Panwar was the other top cyclist for India, clinching two golds – one each in individual and team category. India finished the Games with total five silvers and two bronzes, besides the six golds. In weightlifting, weightlifters put the country on the top in weightlifting events at the ongoing Games, ending the Games with 11 gold medals in the country’s tally.
The host country started its winning streak from the first event on day 1 of competition when Mirabai Chanu snatched the gold for India in 48kg for women. The other gold medalists for the country were Gururaj (56kg men), Harshdeep Kaur (56kg women), Saraswati Rout (58kg women), Sambu Lapong (69kg men), Ajay Singh (77kg men), Rakhi Haller (69kg women), Kavita Devi (75kg women),Vikas Thakur (85kg men), Pradeep Singh (94kg men), Victor Abilash Christopher (105kg men), Sushila Panwar (75+kg women).
India also won two silver medals in the events. One gold were won each by Sri Lanka (Anton Sudesh Peiris in 62kg men) and Bangladesh (Mabia Akter in 63kg women). Mohammad Butt won one gold for Pakistan in 105+ kg for men. Sri Lanka ended the weightlifting events with eight silver and four bronze, while Bangladesh won one silver and three bronze. Pakistan managed to win two silver and four bronze and Nepal won one silver and three bronze. In volleyball, India clinched the gold in both men’s and women’s volleyball.
In both finals, India defeated the Sri Lankan team to secure the top slot. In women’s finals, India bet Sri Lanka in three straight sets of 25-14, 25-21, 25-14 to secure the gold. India dominated the match right from the beginning, giving little scope for the opponent to secure points and forcing Sri Lanka to settle for the silver. The bronze medal was won by Nepal, who bet Maldives 25-20, 25-14, 25-13. In men’s volleyball, India defeated Sri Lanka in a closely fought match to secure the gold. India won 25-19, 25-22, 28-26. The bronze was won by Pakistan in a three straight victory over Maldives.
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