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National Games: Gujarat cross their best medal haul ever with their tenth
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
As hosts, the state had already created history by organising the National Games in less than 100 days. Gujarat upgraded and spruced up all the venues in six cities and left no stone unturned to give over 7,000 athletes a memorable experience. But with their athletes grabbing the opportunity
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National Games boxing: Simranjit, Shiva, Saweety register easy win to adva
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Simranjit Kaur managed to breach through her opponent's defence on multiple occasions, before forcing the referee to give a standing count of eight to Rinki in the final round, en route to her unanimous 5-0 victory. Shiva warmed up in style by recording a 5-0 unanimous verdict win over home
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Gymnast-turned-diver Medhali Redkar wins diving National Games gold
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Medhali Redkar banked on her belief of not rejecting any new idea without trying it out first and took the plunge.The 24-year-old, who had won multiple national-level medals in gymnastics, has been successfully balancing her academics and sports over the years.
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National Games champion Sai Praneeth wants to break into Top 25 again
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sai Praneeth after consistently beating some of the big names in the game since 2017, he topped it off by winning the Singapore Super Series crown in 2017 and a World Championship bronze medal in 2019.
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Archer Atanu Das puts Tokyo disappointment behind, wins National Games gol
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Atanu Das, who had lost to Japan's Takaharu Furukawa of Japan in Tokyo, hasn't been able to make it to the Indian squad since then and was also dropped from the Target Olympic Podium scheme. The West Bengal archer's tribulations came to an end as he won the Men's Individual Recurve gold.
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National Games: Assam's Jamuna, Ankushita set ring on fire
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Jamuna Boro lit up the boxing ring in the opening bout of the day with a flurry of punches to unsettle the Nagaland pugilist early on, before banking on her swift movements to get the opponent to her knees. Ankushita's combination punches were too hot to handle for the Telangana boxer.
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Ashwini Ponnappa embarks on new Mixed Doubles journey with gold in Nationa
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Women's Doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa was embarking on a new journey as a Mixed Doubles player. Her first partner: her own Karnataka statemate K Sai Prateek in the 36th National Games.
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National Games: Boxers Lovlina, Jaismine, Hussamuddin off to winning start
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Returning from a nose injury, Lovlina warmed up for the tougher bouts ahead with a flurry of punches that connected right on the Bihar pugilist's face, to eventually clinch the contest in style.
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National Games: Karnataka teenager Hashika claims fourth gold in swimming
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Favourite Hrutika Shriram stayed on course to repeat the golden hattrick by winning the Women's 10m Platform event. Though she was self-admittedly not at her best, she did her dives well enough to pick up her second gold in three days and her 10th crown in four editions of the National Games
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National Games: Teen star Aneesh Gowda remains humble in victory
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Aneesh Gowda has been extremely happy in the past few weeks. He notched up personal best times in two of the three Freestyle events that he raced in at Lima, Peru in the FINA World Junior Swimming Championships. From there, he flew to Guwahati for the SFI National Championships where he won
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My time will also come: National Games javelin throw gold medallist Manu D
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Left to train all by himself in the absence of his Services coach Kashinath Naik, Manu DP admitted to being clueless in Birmingham, as all he could afford was a video call to the 2010 Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, posted at the Army Institute of Sports (ASI), Pune.
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National Games: Maharashtra close with 5 gold in roller-skating
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Skateboarders Ranju Singh of Manipur and Shraddha Gaikwad of Maharashtra cross all odds to clinch National Games gold medals. Maharashtra bagged five gold medals while Tamil Nadu won three gold medals.
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