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Srihari Nataraj finishes campaign with a flourish, claiming sixth gold with 100m Freestyle win

Olympian Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) ended his campaign in the National Games Swimming competition in a blaze of glory, capturing his sixth gold medal with a brilliant show in the men’s 100m Freestyle final at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here today. He won in 50.41 seconds, a new National Games record time. Through the week,…

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Hockey Quarter Finals – UP survive a scare to join MAHA, HAR and KAR in semis

Men’s Results Karnataka beat Gujarat  11-2  Haryana beat Tamil Nadu 3-0 Uttar Pradesh beat West Bengal 5-4 Maharashtra beat Jharkhand 3-1 Fancied Uttar Pradesh survived a massive scare before pulling off a 5-4 thriller (via penalties) against West Bengal to sneak into the Hockey semifinals of the 36th National Games at the Dhyan Chand Hockey…

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National Games Round Up: Ram Baboo draws attention with National record in 35km Walk

Uttar Pradesh’s Ram Baboo, an unemployed Physical Education graduate, chose the National Games platform to draw attention to himself with a National record when winning the men’s 35km Race Walk at IIT Gandhinagar on Tuesday. His victory in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds was sweeter as he beat the record holder Juned Khan of…

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Telangana’s troika of Sai, Sumeeth & Sikki ambush Prannoy’s Kerala to win gold

Telangana’s B Sai Praneeth upset Kerala’s much fancied and in-form HS Prannoy 18-21, 21-16, 22-20 to help his team annex the Badminton Mixed Team gold in the 36th National Games here on Monday. His victory came on the heels of another brilliant show by the husband-and-wife duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy who got…

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Fascinated by boats but discouraged by boys once, Khushpreet Kaur wins two National Games rowing gold

Double gold medallist in the 36th National Games’ Rowing events, Khushpreet Kaur took up the sport over a chide for being a girl. “I had gone swimming and I got intrigued by its boats,” she disclosed on Monday, shortly after winning her second gold in the Quadruple Sculls with Vindhya Sankath, Poonam and Rukmini. Earlier,…

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Gulveer Singh caps maiden season with record-breaking effort in 10000m to win gold

Gulveer Singh’s doughty effort to win the men’s 10,000m with a Games record in the Athletics competition today helped Services consolidate their position at the top of the 36th National Games medal charts. The three-time defending champions spurted to the pole position for the first time on Sunday, thanks to a good show in Rowing…

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National Games badminton: Telangana survive Maharashtra scare, Gujarat bag bronze after losing to Kerala in semis

Top seeds Telangana had to dig their heels in to edge out Maharashtra 3-2 in the semifinals of the Badminton Mixed Team Championship in the 36th National Games here at the PDDU Stadium on Sunday. They will now face the HS Prannoy-led Kerala team, which got the better of hosts Gujarat 3-1, in the summit…

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Swimming begins with butterfly specialist Astha Choudhury setting a National Games record

Astha Choudhury (Assam) claimed the honour of becoming the first swimmer to break a record as the National Games Aquatics competition commenced at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here on Sunday. She clocked 1:03.91 in the 100m Butterfly heats to take the Games record from Richa Mishra, who set it at 1:04.41 in Ranchi in…

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National Games Swimming preview: India’s best will make waves in Rajkot pool

India’s best swimmers will go all out to make waves at the Sardar Patel Swimming Complex when the National Games Aquatics competition gets underway here on Sunday. Olympians Sajan Prakash (Kerala) and Srihari Natraj (Karnataka) among men and Maana Patel (Gujarat) among women are expected to claim top honours. Sajan Prakash emerged the Best Male…

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Abhishek Pal and Parul Chaudhary take home both 5,000m golds

Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Pal and Parul Chaudhary completed a unique double at the National Games here on Saturday, winning the Men’s and Women’s 5,000m gold for their state. Parul Chaudhary was delighted with her performance but Abhishek Pal was a slightly disappointed man even though he beat the stiff challenge of Services’ Karit Kumar and…

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Gujarat’s Elavenil Valarivan shoots down gold even as 9 records fall in athletics

Gujarat’s ace shooter Elavenil Valarivan gave the hosts their fourth gold even as several favourites, including Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, pathbreaking fencer Bhavani Devi and wrestler Divya Kakaran, lived up to their top billing and pocketed gold medals in their respective events in the 36th National Games here on Friday. The athletics arena…

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Deepika and Vanshika break U18 national records at National Youth Athletics in Bhopal

Deepika and Vanshika star at the Youth National Championships 2022 in Bhopal Haryana’s rising Javelin Thrower Deepika and Pole Vaulter Vanshika Ghanghas broke National U18 girls records on their way to victory on the concluding day of the 17th AFI National Youth Athletics Championships at the Tatya Tope Stadium here on Monday. Deepika, who is…

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Top Seeds Reeth & Sanil ousted from Mixed Doubles in National Games

Top-seeded pair exits and six others follow suit in mixed doubles In the mixed doubles event that set the ball rolling on the third day of the 36th National Games competition at the Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya Indoor Stadium here today, only three seeded pairs survived to enter the quarterfinals. In the women’s doubles, however, Sreeja Akula…

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