Sunil Joliya Jinabhai of Gujarat broke the Games record to clinch the gold medal in the men’s 3000m while swimmers Nina Venkatesh and Dhinidhi Desinghu of Karnataka each claimed their fifth gold in the 2023 National Games on Friday.
Hosts Goa registered their best performance of the Games winning six gold medals in Sepak Takraw to climb up the standings chart where the top three remain unchanged.
Maharashtra continued to stay on the top of the medal table with a total of 162 medals including 60 golds, 49 silver and 53 bronze. Services is catching up with the leaders, taking their gold medal tally to 40 after some strong performances in combat sports. Haryana remains in third position with a total of 91 medals including 32 golds, 24 silvers and 35 bronze.
Jinabhai finished the race with a timing of 8:37.15s to break the existing Games record of 8:43.05s set by Shankar Lal Swami in the last edition.
Asian Games medallist Vithya Ramraj of Tamil Nadu won the gold in the women’s 400m Hurdles with a timing of 56.88s while Gujarat’s Dhaval Utekar won the gold in the men’s category with a timing of 51.20s. Preeti Lamba of Haryana secured the gold in the women’s 3000m Steeplechase with a timing of 10:19.78 s.
In the men’s javelin event, Asian Games silver medallist, Kishore Kumar Jeena had to be satisfied with a bronze. Services’ Shivpal Yadav and D.P Manu won gold and silver respectively. Pooja won the gold in the women’s high Jump with a best jump of 1.80 m.
Ramraj dipped ahead of Jisna Mathew at the finish line to give Tamil Nadu the gold in the 4x400m mixed relay event ahead of Kerala to conclude some brilliant action in athletics at the games.
Karnataka’s young swimming starts Nina Venkatesh and Dhinidhi Desinghu guided their team to gold in the mixed team 4x100 freestyle relay. They now have five gold medals each with one more day of swimming events left.
Sajan Prakash of Kerala, Srihari Nataraj of Karnataka, Bhavya Sachdeva and Kushagra Rawat of Delhi each won their third gold medals of the Games on a day where four more Games records were broken in the pool.
Sagar Bhargava piped state-mate and Paris 2024 Olympics quota winner Sarabjot Singh in a shoot-off, to win the first gold medal in Shooting, at the Mandrem Shooting Range.
Sagar, competing in the men’s 10m air pistol for Haryana, held his nerve to shoot a 10.2 in his shoot-off shot, as Sarabjot settled for silver with a weak 9.3. The two Haryanvis were tied at 238.8 at the end of the 24-shot final. Subhash Sihag of Services won bronze with 217.3.
Haryana continued their dominance on the wrestling mat, winning five out of the six gold medals on offer with Uttar Pradesh winning the other gold.
Hosts Goa won six out of the eight gold medals on offer in Sepak Takraw. The men swept all the four gold medals while the women won two golds along with one each silver and bronze. Manipur won the other two gold medals in the event.
Olympian Deepika Kumari qualified for the final of the Women’s Recurve event after beating Haryana’s Tamanna 6-4 in the semis. She will face Sangeeta of Haryana who won her semi-final match 6-2 against Gujarat’s Bhagora Vargishkumar.
In the men’s category, giant killer Mukesh Boro who had beaten Olympian Atanu Das in the second round qualified for the finals beating Services’ Gora Ho in the shoot off. He will face Uttarakhand’s Kartik Rana who also created an upset in the first round beating Olympian Jayanta Talukdar. Kartik comprehensively beat Bhagwat Singh of Chhattisgarh 7-1 in the semis to book his place in the finals.
Important Results:
Athletics
400 M Hurdles Men
Gold – Dhaval Utekar (Gujarat) – 51.20 s
Silver – Nikhil Bharadwaj (SSCB) – 51.50 s
Bronze – Vijay Singh Malik (SSCB) – 51.67 s
400 M Hurdles Women
Gold – Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) – 56.88 s
Silver – Veerpal Kaur (Punjab) – 58.96 s
Bronze – Nanhi (Haryana) – 59.02 s
3000 M Steeplechase Men
Gold – Sunil Joliya Jinabhai (Gujarat) – 8:37.15 s (NGR)
Silver – Mohd. Noor Hasan (SSCB) – 8:38.77 s
Bronze – Prince Raj Sharma (Sikkim) – 8:45.05 s
3000 M Steeplechase Women
Gold – Preeti Lamba (Haryana) – 10:19.78 s
Silver – Komal Jagadale (Maharashtra) – 10:21.66 s
Bronze – Bhagyashree (Gujarat) – 10:30.79 s
Javelin Throw Men
Gold – Sivpal Singh (SSCB) – 81.17 m
Silver – D.P Manu (SSCB) – 80.48 m
Bronze – Kishore Kumar Jeena (Odisha) – 78.47 m
High Jump Women
Gold – Pooja (Haryana) – 1.80 m
Silver – Mohur Mukherjee (West Bengal) – 1.74 m
Bronze – Angel P. Devasia (Kerala) – 1.74 m
4x400 Mixed Relay
Gold – Tamil Nadu – 3:21.26 s
(K.Avinash, Sumathira, S.K Kaven, Vithya Ramaraj)
Silver – Kerala – 3:21.54 s
(P. Abhiram, Gowri Nandana, Rince Joseph, Jisna Mathew)
Bronze – Maharashtra – 3:23.20 s
(R. Gautham Kamble, Yamuna Ladkat, Rahul Ramesh Kadam, Anushka Dattaray)
Shooting
10 M Air Rifle Men
Gold – Sagar Bhargava (Haryana) – 238.8 (Shoot Off: 10.2)
Silver – Sarabjot Singh (Haryana) – 238.8 (Shoot Off: 9.3)
Bronze – Subhash Sihag (SSCB) – 217.3
Swimming
Men’s 50 M Backstroke
Gold – Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) – 25.77 s
Silver – Rishabh Das (Maharashtra) – 26.66 s
Bronze – P.S Madhu (SSCB) – 26.73 s
Women’s 50 M Backstroke
Gold – Ridhima Veerendra Kumar (Karnataka) – 30.21 s
Silver – Soubrity Mondal (West Bengal) – 30.59 s
Bronze – Sanjana Prabhugaonker (Goa) – 30.80 s
Women’s 400 M Freestyle
Gold – Bhavya Sachdeva (Delhi) – 4:27.93 s (NGR)
Silver – Vritti Agarwal (Telangana) – 4:30.03 s
Bronze – Shirin (Karnataka) – 4:34.74 s
Men’s 400 M Freestyle
Gold – Kushagra Rawat (Delhi) – 3:55.84 s (NGR)
Silver – Sajan Prakash (Kerala) – 3:58.13 s
Bronze – Aneesh S. Gowda (Karnataka) – 4:00.73 s
Women’s 200 M Medley
Gold – Manavi Varma (Karnataka) – 2:24.21 s (NGR)
Silver – Shrungi Bandekar (Goa) – 2:26.90 s
Bronze – Hashika Ramachandra (Karnataka) – 2:28.31 s
Men’s 200 M Medley
Gold – Sajan Prakash (Kerala) – 2:04.57 s (NGR)
Silver – Shoan Ganguly (Karnataka) – 2:05.68 s
Bronze – Siva Sridhar (Karnataka) – 2:05.96 s
Mixed 4 x 100 M Freestyle Relay
Gold – Karnataka – 3:38.24 s
(Aneesh S. Gowda, Dhinidhi Desinghu, Nina Venkatesh, Srihari Nataraj)
Silver – Maharashtra – 3:42.61 s
(Meet Makhija, Avantika Chawan, Rujuta Khade, Virdhawal Khade)
Bronze – Delhi – 3:47.73 s
(Kushagra Rawat, Bhavya Sachdeva, Kshama Iyer, Vishal Grewal)
Wrestling
Men’s 65 Kg Freestyle
Gold – Sujeet (Haryana)
Silver – Rohit (SSCB)
Bronze – Mohit Kumar (Haryana), Manoj Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
Men’s 74 Kg Freestyle
Gold – Naveen (Haryana)
Silver – Sourabh Sehrawat (Delhi)
Bronze – Vijay (SSCB), Rohit Prajapati (Madhya Pradesh)
Men’s 60 Kg Greco Roman
Gold – Saurabh (Uttar Pradesh)
Silver – Sumit (Chandigarh)
Bronze – Gyanender (SSCB), Sagar Singh (Punjab)
Men’s 87 Kg Greco Roman
Gold – Sunil Kumar (Haryana)
Silver – Neeraj (Delhi)
Bronze – Harpreet Singh (Punjab), Sushant (SSCB)
Women’s 53 Kg
Gold – Pooja (Haryana)
Silver – Gursharan Kaur (Punjab)
Bronze – Banita Kumar (Himachal Pradesh), Priyanshi (Madhya Pradesh)
Women’s 57 Kg
Gold – Mansi (Haryana)
Silver – Neetu (Chandigarh)
Bronze – Swati (Uttar Pradesh), Simran (Delhi)
Archery
Recurve Women Semi-Finals
Sangeeta (Haryana) bt Bhagora Vargishkumar (Gujarat) – 6-2
Deepika Kumari (Jharkhand) bt Tamanna (Haryana) – 6-4
Recurve Men Semi-Finals
Kartik Rana (Uttarakhand) bt Bhagwat Singh Porte (Chhattisgarh) – 7-1
Mukesh Boro (Assam) bt Gora Ho (SSCB) – 5-5 (10-8)
Cycling
Women’s 4 KM Team Pursuit
Gold – Manipur – 05:05.870
Silver – Maharashtra – 05:08.432
Bronze – Haryana – 05:18.700
Men’s 4 KM Team Pursuit
Gold – SSCB – 04:18.650
Silver – Haryana – 04:21.039
Bronze – Punjab – 04:22.943
Women Sprint Individual
Gold – Mayuri Lute (Maharashtra)
Silver – Triyasha Paul (Delhi)
Bronze – Shweta Gunjal (Maharashtra)
Men Sprint Individual
Gold – Yanglem Rojit Singh (Manipur)
Silver – David Beckham (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
Bronze – Luv Kumar Yadav (Rajasthan)
Wushu
Men’s Nandao
Gold - Sajan Lama (SSCB) – 9.30 points
Silver – Ravi Suryavanshi (Uttar Pradesh) – 8.30 points
Bronze – Akash Oraon (Jharkhand) – 8.00 points
Women’s Nandao
Gold – Yorna Rosni (Arunachal Pradesh) – 8.60 points
Silver – Saloni Jadhav (Maharashtra) – 8.00 points
Bronze – Ritika Ghosh (West Bengal) – 7.80 points
Men’s Gunshu
Gold – Shashi Kishan Tamang (SSCB) – 9.40 points
Silver – Ningthoujam Malemnganba Singh (Manipur) – 9.15 points
Bronze – Balwant Singh (Rajasthan) – 8.95 points
Women’s Gunshu
Gold – Vanshika Namdeo (Madhya Pradesh) – 8.65 points
Silver – Priyanka Sajwan (Punjab) – 7.95 points
Bronze – N.P Greeshma (Kerala) – 7.60 points
Sepak Takraw
Women’s Quad Final
Goa bt Haryana – 2-0
Women’s Doubles Final
Goa bt Andhra Pradesh – 2-1
Women’s Team Final
Manipur bt Goa – 2-0
Women’s Regu Final
Manipur bt Nagaland – 2-0
Men’s Doubles Final
Goa bt Kerala – 2-0
Men’s Quad Final
Goa bt Delhi – 2-1
Men’s Team Final
Goa bt Manipur – 2-1
Men’s Regu Final
Goa bt Manipur – 2-0
Taekwondo
Women’s Under 53 Kg
Gold – Anisha Aswal (Delhi)
Silver – Raksha Chahar (Chandigarh)
Bronze – Neeshita Kotwal (Maharashtra), Aditi P (Karnataka)
Women’s Under 67 Kg
Gold – Margerette Maria Regi (Kerala)
Silver – Afreen Hyder (Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze – Madhu Singh (Madhya Pradesh), K. Kanaka Mahalakshmi (Andhra)
Women’s 73+ Kg
Gold – Rodali Barua (Goa)
Silver – V. Pravalika Kustagi (Karnataka)
Bronze – Namrata Tayade (Maharashtra), Jhanvi Mazumder (Odisha)
Men’s Under 63 Kg
Gold – Ajay Kumar (Haryana)
Silver – Nitesh Singh (Uttarakhand)]
Bronze – Sritam Dalal (Gujarat), Deepanshu Kumar (Delhi)
Men’s Under 80 Kg
Gold – P. Saravana Kumar (Goa)
Silver – Shivansh Tyagi (Delhi)
Bronze – Yasin Muhammed (Kerala), Abhijeet Baliyan (Rajasthan)
Men’s 87+ Kg
Gold – R. Preetham (Haryana)
Silver – P. Anand (Goa)
Bronze – Jasvant (Haryana), Vivek Prakash (Bihar)
Hockey
Women
Pool A: Haryana bt Odisha – 7-2
Pool B: Karnataka bt Goa – 7-0
Men
Pool A: Maharashtra bt West Bengal – 4-1
Pool B: Uttar Pradesh bt Goa – 5-1
Squash
Women’s Team Semi-Finals
Tamil Nadu bt Rajasthan – 3-0
Maharashtra bt Uttar Pradesh – 3-0
Men’s Semi-Finals
Maharashtra bt SSCB – 2-0
Tamil Nadu bt Madhya Pradesh – 2-0
Tennis
Men’s Doubles Semi-Finals
Prajwal S.D Dev/Adil Kalyanpur (Karnataka) bt Sidharth Rawat/Sidharth Vishwakarma (Uttar Pradesh) - 6-0, 6-1
Arjun Kadhe/Purav Raja (Maharashtra) bt Digvijay Pratap Singh/Karan Singh (Haryana) - 7-5, 7/6
Women’s Doubles Semi-Finals
Rutuja Bhosale/ Prarthana Thombare (Maharshtra) bt Janani Ramesh/C. Sai Samhitha (Tamil Nadu) – 6/0, 6/0
C. Shravya Shivani/Rashmika S. Bhamidipaty (Telangana) bt Sharmada Balu/Soha Sadiq (Karnataka) – 6/1, 6/0
Mixed Doubles Semi-Finals
Rutuja Bhosale/Arjun Khade (Maharashtra) bt Yubrani Banarjee/ Nitin Sinha (West Bengal) – 6/3, 6/1
C. Sai Samhitha/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Tamil Nadu) bt Sharmadha Balu/Prajwal S.D Dev – 5/7, 7/6 (5), 10-7
Diving
1 M Spring Board Women
Gold – Palak Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)
Silver – Hruthika Shriram (Maharashtra)
Bronze – Annesha Dhara (West Bengal)
Water Polo
Women’s Semi-Finals
Kerala bt Maharashtra – 16-7, West Bengal bt Karnataka – 16-5
Men’s Semi Finals
SSCB bt Kerala – 13-6, Maharashtra bt West Bengal – 16-5
Women’s Football Semi-Finals
Odisha bt West Bengal – 0-0 (5-4)
Manipur bt Haryana – 1-1 (3-2)
Men’s Football
Pool B: Punjab drew Goa – 1-1, Services bt Karnataka – 1-0