National Games: Maharashtra Clinch Raja Bhalindra Trophy for First Time Since 1994 – News18

Table-toppers Maharashtra clinched three gold medals in Yogasana and yet one more from capturing on the ultimate day of the thirty seventh National Games to clinch the Raja Bhalindra Singh Rolling Trophy for total championship for the primary time since 1994.

Maharashtra completed with a complete of 228 medals, together with 80 gold, 69 silver and 79 bronze medals to finish Services Sports Control Board’s (SSCB) reign on the high for the reason that 2007 Games in Guwahati. SSCB completed second, bagging 66 gold, 27 silver and 33 bronze medals, whereas Haryana had been third within the standings with 62 gold, 54 silver and 73 bronze.

Madhya Pradesh and Kerala completed fourth and fifth respectively with hosts Goa registering their finest-ever end of ninth with a complete of 92 medals, together with 27 gold.

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Karnataka swimmer Srihari Nataraj (8 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) was adjudged the Best Male Athlete whereas gymnasts Sanyukta Prasen Kale and Pranati Nayak of Odisha (4 gold, 1 silver every) had been adjudged the Best Female athletes of the thirty seventh National Games, which witnessed nearly 11000 sportspersons vying for high honours in 42 sports activities disciplines, three of which had been demo sports activities.

With simply 12 gold medals to be grabbed on the ultimate day of the competitors, Maharashtra had been already assured of the highest spot however with Yogasana and capturing being one in every of their key sports activities disciplines, the one curiosity was to see whether or not they might lengthen their lead additional.

And their gamers didn’t disappoint, dominating the Yogasana competitors by clinching three of the 5 gold medals on provide whereas Abhidnya Patil rounded off their gold medal tally with a successful end in girls’s 25m Pistol ultimate.

At the Yash Shooting Academy vary, Manderem, Patil was so dominant within the 25m Pistol ultimate that she might win the gold even when she had not handed a single shot on the right track within the ultimate collection. She managed only one to complete with 35 factors, 5 forward of second positioned Simranpreet Kaur of Punjab. Payal of Haryana gained the bronze with a rating of 28 factors.

Earlier, Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar of Madhya Pradesh confirmed great composure below strain so as to add the lads’s 10m Air Rifle gold to his 50m Rifle 3-place triumph.

Tomar got here up with photographs of 10.6 and 10.4 below strain within the ultimate collection to pip Services Sports Control Board’s Sandeep Singh by simply .3 factors. The MP shooter was trailing by 0.3 factors going into the ultimate two photographs however underlined his place as one of many high rifle shooters within the nation to complete with a complete rating of 250.7 within the ultimate. Sandeep scored 250.4 for his silver successful effort whereas Uttar Pradesh’s Pratham Bhadana took bronze with a rating of 250.4.

In the ladies’s lure ultimate, Punjab’s Rajeshwari Kumari took the gold medal with a rating of 44 factors with Uttar Pradesh’s Sabina Haris taking the silver with a rating of 43 factors. Aashima Ahlawat of Haryana completed with bronze.

In the lads’s lure ultimate, Haryana’s Lakshay Sheoran shot 47 forward of Tamil Nadu’s Prithviraj Tondaiman’s 45 to clinch the gold. M. Bakhtyaruddin Malek of Gujarat gained the bronze.

At the Delhi Golf Course, Punjab’s Amandeep Drall did the double, successful gold in girls’s particular person and group occasions within the Golf competitors. The golf occasions that occurred over 4 days noticed 4 rounds of intense motion wherein Amandeep prevailed over Zara Anand of Uttar Pradesh and Vani Kapoor of Haryana who gained the silver and bronze respectively. She then paired with Mannat Brar to win the group gold and full the double.

In the lads’s class, Karnataka’s Yashas Chandra gained the gold with a rating of 273 whereas Om Prakash Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh gained the silver with a rating of 277 and Kartik Sharma of Haryana clinched the bronze with a rating of 280. Shaurya Bhattacharya paired with Sachin Baisoya to win the gold within the group occasion forward of Anant Singh Ahlawat and Aadil Bedi of Delhi who gained the silver and Giirraj Singh Khadka and Sawai H.S Bhati of Rajasthan who gained the bronze.

Earlier within the morning, Punjab’s Harveer Singh took the gold in males’s Road Race whereas Monika Jat led Rajasthan’s 1-2 in girls’s particular person Time Trial at Verna with Kavita Siyag taking the silver medal.

At the Miramar Beach, SSCB and Haryana gained the Beach Handball titles beating Rajasthan and Kerala respectively.