Defending champions Services made a late push for the top spot in the medal standings by winning a total of 10 gold medals on the penultimate day of the 2023 National Games which also saw hosts Goa and Kerala jump several places in the standings by bagging 13 and eight gold medals respectively.
Services rode on a strong showing in the boxing ring where they won five gold, one silver apart from clinching two gold medals in yachting, one each in men’s football, handball and kabaddi to take their gold medal tally to 65.
Maharashtra continue to lead the standings with 75 gold and will look to end Services’ reign at the top since 2007. Haryana are third in the standings with 56 gold. While there was no movement in the top-3, hosts Goa and Kerala jumped to ninth and fifth position respectively.
Goa bagged 13 gold medals along with 13 silver and nine bronze medals to break into the top-10 of the overall medal standings. The host contingent won eight gold medals in Sqay Martial Arts, three in boxing and two in Yachting to take their gold medal tally to 25.
Kerala expectedly dominated the traditional martial art form of Kalarippayattu, as they won a total of 19 gold medal from the possible 22 to take their gold medals count to 36.
The boxers representing Services reigned supreme, winning five gold and one silver out of the seven weight categories in the men’s section while Haryana won three gold medals out of the six weight categories including world champion Saweety Boora who clinched the gold in the 70-75 Middleweight category. Two-time world youth champion, Sakshi Chaudhury representing Goa won the Light Fly Weight category in dominant fashion.
Haryana won gold in men’s hockey beating Karnataka 5-3 while Madhya Pradesh stunned the Rani Rampal-led Haryana in a shootout to win the gold medal. Uttar Pradesh beat Maharashtra to win the bronze medal while Jharkhand got the better of Punjab by a single goal for the bronze in the women’s category.
Services clinched gold in men’s football beating Manipur 3-1. Earlier in the day, Kerala won the bronze beating Punjab in a penalty shootout after both teams were goalless on regulation time.
Earlier in the day, Tamil Nadu’s Narmada Nithin Raju and Sri Karthik Sabari clinched gold in the 10m air rifle mixed team event in the shooting competition. The pair beat Aayushi Gupta and Pratham Bhadana of Uttar Pradesh in the gold medal round while Gautami Bhanot and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar of Madhya Pradesh beat Tilottama Sen and Darius Saurastri of Karnataka to win the bronze.
Kabaddi powerhouse Haryana suffered defeats in both the finals today. In the women’s finals, they lost to Himachal Pradesh 32-23 while the men went down to SSCB 34-25 to be content with the silver medal.
Asian Games medallists Vishnu Saravanan and Ebad Ali, both representing Services, showcased their class by winning the ILCA 7 and RS:X categories respectively in yachting. Goan siblings Katya and Dayne Coelho clinched gold in the IQ Foil category.
Important Results
Shooting
10 M Air Rifle Mixed Team
Gold – Narmada Nithin Raju/Sri Karthik Sabari (Tamil Nadu)
Silver – Aayushi Gupta/Pratham Bhadana (Uttar Pradesh)
Bronze – Gautami Bhanot/Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar (Madhya Pradesh)
Boxing
Finals
Men’s 48-51 Kg Flyweight
Bishwamitra Chowgatham (SSCB) bt Zoram Muana (Mizoram)
Women’s 48-50 Kg Light Flyweight
Sakshi Chaudhary (Goa) bt Malika (Madhya Pradesh)
Men’s 54-57 Featherweight
Chirag (SSCB) bt Ashish Kumar (Himachal Pradesh)
Women’s 52-54 Kg Bantamweight
Rinku (Haryana) bt Ice Prajapati (Uttar Pradesh)
Men’s 60-63 Kg Light Welterweight
Manish Kaushik (SSCB) bt Akash Gorkha (Goa)
Women 54-57 Kg Featherweight
Manisha (Haryana) bt Mandeep Kaur (Punjab)
Men’s 67-71 Kg Light Middleweight
Rajat (Goa) bt Akash (SSCB)
Women’s 57-60 Kg Lightweight
Simranjit Kaur (Punjab) bt Preeti (Nagaland)
Men’s 75-80 Light Heavyweight
Sanjay (SSCB) bt Lokesh (Goa)
Women 63-66 Kg Welterweight
Ankushita Boro (Assam) bt Komalpreet Kaur (Punjab)
Men’s 86-92 Kg Heavyweight
Kapil Pokharia (SSCB) bt Naveen Kumar (Haryana)
Women’s 70-75 Kg Middleweight
Saweety Boora (Haryana) bt Sanamacha Chanu (Goa)
Mens +92 Kg Super Heavyweight
Gaurav Chouhan (Goa) bt Sawan Gill (Chandigarh)
Yachting
ILCA 4 Women
Gold – Neha Thakur (Madhya Pradesh)
Silver – Alia Faisal (Tamil Nadu)
Bronze – Pearl Colvalcar (Bronze)
IQ Foil Women
Gold – Katya Coelho (Goa)
Silver – Ishwariya Ganesh (Tamil Nadu)
RS: X Men
Gold – Eabad Ali (SSCB)
Silver – Vedprakash Pathak (Maharashtra)
Bronze – Mithilesh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
ILCA 7 Men
Gold – Vishnu Saravanan (SSCB)
Silver – Mohit Saini (Haryana)
Bronze – Sikhansu Singh (Maharashtra)
IQ Foil Men
Gold – Dayne Coelho (Goa)
Silver – S. Jerome (SSCB)
Bronze – Saurabh Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)
Kabaddi
Men
Gold Medal Match
SSCB bt Haryana – 34-25
Bronze – Maharashtra, Chandigarh
Women
Gold Medal Match
Himachal Pradesh bt Haryana – 32-23
Bronze – Rajasthan, Punjab
Men’s Football
Gold Medal Match
SSCB bt Manipur – 3-1
Bronze Medal Match
Kerala bt Punjab – 0-0 (4-3)
Hockey
Men
Gold Medal Match
Haryana bt Karnataka – 5-3
Bronze Medal Match
Uttar Pradesh bt Maharashtra – 2-2 (3-1)
Women
Gold Medal Match
Madhya Pradesh bt Haryana – 0-0 (3-0)
Bronze Medal Match
Jharkhand bt Punjab – 1-0
Handball
Women
Gold Medal Match
Himachal Pradesh bt Haryana – 40-20
Bronze Medal Match
Delhi bt Rajasthan – 32-18
Men
Gold Medal Match
SSCB bt Haryana – 37-35
Bronze Medal Match
Chhattisgarh bt Rajasthan – 32-26
Kalaraippayattu
Men’s Urumi & Shield
Gold – G.R Bharath/B. Jishnu (Kerala)
Silver – Safraz Ali/Imran Ali (Assam)
Bronze – Shibi/Vikram (Puducherry), Milan Singh/Gagan Sony (Chhattisgarh)
Women’s Urumi & Shield
Gold – K.P Parvathy/S.S Divya (Kerala)
Silver – Surya Murali/Niranjana Sudheer (Puducherry)
Bronze – Aishpreet Kaur/Muskaan (Haryana), Bushra/Samiksha (Uttar Pradesh)
Men’s Sword & Shield
Gold – U. Harinath/A.M Bineesh (Karnataka)
Silver – K. Sirajudeen/T. Saheer (Kerala)
Bronze – V.K Suryansh/K.M Athul (Delhi), Manpreet Singh/Manoj Kumar (Haryana)
Women’s Sword & Shield
Gold – Anaswara Muralidharan/Keerthana Krishna (Kerala)
Silver – P.S Anamika/Vismaya Binu (Delhi)
Bronze – Priyanshi Jaiswal/Harshida Shukla (Madhya Pradesh), Triveni/Demeswari Sahu (Chhattisgarh)
Women’s Kaipporu 60-75 Kg
Gold – Shefily Shafadh (Kerala)
Silver – Sima Gowala (Assam)
Bronze – Risha Nain (Chhattisgarh), Aarizoo Mushtaq (Jammu & Kashmir)
Women’s Kaipporu 45-60 Kg
Gold – Misha (Chhattisgarh)
Silver – Rumakita (Assam)
Bronze – Fida Fathima (Kerala), Samiksha Sing (Uttar Pradesh)
High Kick Women (Below 5.6 Feet)
Gold – V. Surya Sankar (Kerala)
Silver – Harshida Shukla (Madhya Pradesh)
Bronze – Khileshwari Sahu (Chhattisgarh)
High Kick Women (Above 5.6 Feet)
Gold – Vismaya Vijayan (Kerala)
Silver – Dua Muktar (Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze – Thejaswani Devika (Puducherry)
Men’s High Kick (Below 5.6 Feet)
Gold – Muhammed Anus C.M (Kerala)
Silver – Novel Kumar Sahu (Chhattisgarh)
Bronze – Sumit Kumar (Haryana), Shreyas Hariharan (Karnataka)
Men’s High Kick (Above 5.6 Feet)
Gold – Gourav Dangi (Madhya Pradesh)
Silver – Abhay K.H (Kerala)
Bronze – Danish Ali Bhat (Jammu & Kashmir)
Men’s Kaipporu 65-80 Kg
Gold – R. Anoop (Kerala)
Silver – Anuj Kumar (Delhi)
Bronze – Adharv Patil (Maharashtra), Vinay Kumar (Chhattisgarh)
Sqay Martial Art
Men’s 50 Kg
Gold - Albert Joshua Ferrao (Goa)
Silver - Pothina Praveen (Andhra Pradesh)
Bronze - Ganesh Shanubogher (Karnataka), Hardik Mehra (Delhi)
Men’s 54 Kg
Gold - Parshuram Nakkaragundi (Goa)
Silver – Arooj Ahmad Wani (Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze - Huzaifa Thakur (Maharashtra), Deepanshu Bharadwaj (Delhi)
Men’s 58 Kg
Gold – Sheikh Hashim (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver – Ramith Bangera (Goa)
Bronze – Mulagapaka Neelanjani Prasad (Andhra), Ajay Singh Kasana (Rajasthan)
Men’s 62 Kg
Gold - Nitesh Vithu Jalmi (Goa)
Silver – Nasir Ahmed Zargar (Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze - Jitender Kumar (Delhi), Vedant Surve (Maharashtra)
Men’s 66 Kg
Gold - Laxman Bisht (Delhi)
Silver - Adnan Farooq (Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze - Shivam Mishra (Goa), Hridyansh Malhotra (Haryana)
Men’s 70 Kg
Gold - Faizan Ayoub (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver - Sohail Shaikh (Goa)
Bronze - Vansh Gaur (Delhi), Lokesh Golada (Rajasthan)
Men’s 74kg
Gold - Shivraj Warghade (Maharashtra)
Silver - Manju Malgavi (Goa)
Bronze - Abhishek Gambhir (Delhi), Harshvardhan L.S (Karnataka)
Men’s 74+kg
Gold - Aman Naqashbandi (J&K)
Silver - Madhukar Ghogle (Goa)
Bronze - Kamlesh Jangid (Rajasthan), G. Srinivasulu (Andhra Pradesh)
Women’s 46kg
Gold - Sania Manzoor (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver - Aastha Gayki (Maharashtra)
Bornze - Savitri M Koti (Goa), Zeba Bano (Rajasthan)
Women’s 50 Kg
Gold - Pragati Bhandage (Goa)
Silver - Jassi Kesharwani (Delhi)
Bronze - Kannu Sharma (Rajasthan), Tazina Maqbool (Jammu & Kashmir)
Women’s 54 Kg
Gold - Ruchi Mandrekar (Goa)
Silver - Jivisha Pasricha (Delhi)
Bronze - Shobana M (Tamil Nadu), Humaira Lateef (Jammu & Kashmir)
Women’s 58 Kg
Gold - Aqsa Showkat (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver - Mahadevi Kankal (Goa)
Bronze - Sarita Chauhan (Delhi), Durga Kumari (Rajasthan)
Women’s 62 Kg
Gold - Drishti Dagar (Delhi)
Silver - Samapada Kavlekar (Goa)
Bronze - Sunita Rani (Rajasthan), Minati Sahoo (Odisha)
Women’s 66 Kg
Gold - Harsita Kaushik (Delhi)
Silver - Fatima Adil ((Jammu & Kashmir)
Bronze - Ashwini Wagaj (Maharashtra), Ritu Raj Sharma (Rajasthan)
Women’s 70 Kg
Gold - Yogita Khade (Maharashtra)
Silver - Mitali Tamse (Goa)
Bronze - Sarla Kumari (Rajasthan), Nikita Kaur (Delhi)
Women’s 70+ Kg
Gold - Sakshi Sawant (Goa)
Silver - Vaishali Bangar (Maharashtra)
Bronze - Dil Afroz (Odisha), S. Rahini (Tamil Nadu)
Aero Soay Mixed
Gold – Saniya Subash,M. Bharathi Ulaganathan, Praveen Prakash (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)
Silver – Pronita Chutiya, Arabinda Neog, Partha Prathim Saikia (Assam)
Bronze – Saniya Chawhan, Aman Khan, Meboob Ilahi Ansari (Maharashtra); Kashvi Siban, Shiva Arora, Shivankar Pratap Singh (Punjab)
Men’s Khawankey Group
Gold – Karnataka
Silver – Rajasthan
Bronze – Goa
K3 Women
Gold – Shugufta Mehraj (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver – Kunda Majhi (Odisha)
Bronze – Anita Umesh Dasarpasam (Goa)
K2 Women
Gold – Arya Vivek Pednekar (Goa)
Silver – Pratiksha Sharma (Haryana)
Bronze – Jamshetah Yousuf (Jammu & Kashmir)
K1 Men
Gold – Mir Arslan Mehraj (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver – Madan Desai (Goa)
Bronze – Santhosh S (Tamil Nadu)
ASI Women
Gold – Disha Panditha (Jammu & Kashmir)
Silver – Parveen Asif (Odisha)
Bronze – Chaval Lal Prasad (Goa), Afreen Chakdi (Karnataka)
ASI Men
Gold – Shahadat Ahmed (Rajasthan)
Silver – Dandagi Meghanath Ashok (Goa)
Bronze – Sheikh Uzair Nazeer (Jammu & Kashmir), Swami Shivaih (Telangana)
Aero Sqay Group Men
Gold – Basavraj Jawar, Suvam Kaurane, Dandagi Ashok (Goa)
Silver – Harsha Kely, Amit Arya, Karan Sharma (Haryana)
Bronze – Ankush Kumar Singh, Rohit Kumar, Vishal Sing (Bihar)
Kho-Kho
Women
Gold Medal Match
Maharashtra bt Odisha – 46-40
Bronze Medal Match
Karnataka bt Kerala – 30-10
Men
Gold Medal Match
Maharashtra bt Odisha – 72-26
Bronze Medal Match
Kerala bt Andhra Pradesh – 24-24 (Kerala won by 6 seconds)
Judo
Mixed Team
Gold – Manipur
Silver – Rajasthan
Bronze – Madhya Pradesh, Delhi
Road Cycling
Men’s Individual Time Trial (41 KM)
Gold – Naveen John (Karnataka)
Silver – Sreenath Lakshmikanth (Tamil Nadu)
Bronze – Chinmay V. Kewalramani (Maharashtra)
Women’s Road Race (75 KM)
Gold – Swasti Singh (Odisha)
Silver – Muskan Sandeep Gupta (Gujarat)
Bronze – Meenakshi (Haryana)
Lawn Bowls
Men’s Fours Finals
Gold – Assam, Jharkhand (Joint Winners)
Bronze – Odisha, Delhi
Men’s Singles
Gold – Jharkhand, West Bengal (Joint Winners)
Bronze – Delhi, Odisha
Women’s Pairs
Gold – Assam, Delhi (Joint Winners)
Women’s Triples
Gold – Assam, Delhi (Joint Winners)
Bronze – Jharkhand, West Bengal
Beach Handball
Men Bronze Medal Match
Uttar Pradesh bt Telangana – 31-13
Women’s Bronze Medal Match
Chhattisgarh bt Maharashtra – 33-30
Yogasana
Artistic Single Men (Held on 7th Nov)
Gold – Vaibhav Waman Shrirame (Maharashtra)
Silver – Praveen Kuamr Pathak (Uttar Pradesh)
Bronze – Abhishek Kumar (Haryana)