Reliance Foundation athletes made a giant splash at the National Games, Goa 2023, profitable a complete of 30 medals in seven completely different sports activities. The remaining medal tally comprised 15 Gold, 8 Silver, and seven Bronze medals in a splendid and medal-laden show from begin to end. Over 40 athletes from Reliance Foundation took half in seven sports activities at the celebrated competitors.
Speaking in regards to the tremendous show, James Hillier, Athletics Director at Reliance Foundation, mentioned, “We are really pleased with the results at the National Games. For many of our athletes, it was the last competition of the year in a very long season. They started in April, so to sustain that level of excellence for seven months is a very impressive feat.
“It was pleasing to not just see the medals but our athletes also registered their personal bests. It has been a good end to a very successful season for us. It gives us the perfect springboard for next season. The next year is a big year with the Olympics, we are excited and looking forward to it. We’ll be looking to get our best athletes into the Paris Olympics squad.”
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Jyothi’s hat-trick; Tejas shatters meet file
India’s ace hurdler Jyothi Yarraji completed her season in model with a hat-trick of medals at the National Games. The icing on the cake was the truth that Jyothi rewrote the meet file within the girls’s 100m hurdles occasion, profitable Gold by clocking a time of 13.22s. She additionally gained Gold within the 4x100m relay occasion with Andhra Pradesh. Her third medal got here within the 200m occasion, the place she gained bronze with a time of 23.95s within the remaining.
Tejas Shirse lived as much as his billing of pre-event favorite by clinching Gold in model within the males’s 110m hurdles occasion. In a dominant show, he rewrote the meet file within the occasion by crossing the end line in 13.71s.
Asian Games medalist Gulveer Singh gained Gold within the 5000m occasion in a time of 14:13.03s. He backed up his Gold with a bronze within the males’s 10000m occasion to finish a protracted distance double. Sprinter Elakkkiyadasan gained a brace of medals, profitable Gold in each the lads’s 100m and males’s 4x100m relay.
Javelin thrower Kishore Kumar Jena, who has already sealed a spot at the Paris Olympics subsequent 12 months, gained bronze with a finest throw of 78.47m. Pole vaulter Baranica Elangovan additionally completed her season on a excessive with a Gold by clearing a top of three.90m.
The different particular person medalists from Reliance Foundation in athletics had been Swadhin Majhi (bronze, males’s excessive leap), Graceson Jeeva (silver, males’s 110m hurdles), Moumita Mondal (bronze, girls’s lengthy leap), Dhanvir Singh (silver, males’s shot put) and Animesh Kujur (bronze, males’s 200m).
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Anupama Upadhyaya and Palak Gulia proceed speedy rise; Reetika arrives in model
Anupama Upadhyaya delivered the primary Gold even earlier than the opening ceremony by profitable the ladies’s singles occasion. The 18-12 months previous is now the reigning National Champion in addition to National Games Champion.
Fresh off scripting historical past at the Asian Games, Palak Gulia struck double Gold, profitable the yellow steel within the girls’s 10m air pistol and blended 10m air pistol occasions.
Niraj Kumar and Nancy added to the medal haul in taking pictures by profitable silver within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions and girls’s 10m air rifle occasions respectively.
There had been three medals in archery as effectively with Mrinal Chauhan profitable Gold within the males’s staff occasion and silver within the blended staff occasion within the recurve class. Ridhi additionally gained a Gold within the girls’s staff occasion within the recurve class.
“It was a proud moment for me to compete in my first National Games. It was my childhood dream to win a medal in the National Games. It gives me a lot of confidence for upcoming tournaments. It’s one of the biggest medals of my career and a much-needed confidence boost. As my experience is increasing, so are my targets. When I was young, I would get a chocolate for hitting a ten. My ultimate goal is to win a Gold for India at the Olympics,” mentioned an elated Ridhi.
One of the largest moments of the Games featured Reetika Hooda. The younger wrestler from Haryana, recent from her world Under 23 Championship victory, the primary ever for India, defeated Olympian Divya Kakran 10-0 within the finals to clinch the National Games Gold in a wide ranging show.
The gold rush continued with boxer Ankushita Boro and judoka Himanshi Tokas additionally ending on high of the rostrum.
