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National Games: Assam's Jamuna, Ankushita set ring on fire
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks 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 : 5 months, 2 weeks 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 : 5 months, 2 weeks 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 : 5 months, 2 weeks 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 : 5 months, 2 weeks 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 : 5 months, 2 weeks 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 : 5 months, 2 weeks 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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Gold medallist Siddharth Pardeshi hopes Diving will get some more attentio
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Diver Siddharth Pardeshi used the 3m Springboard to launch himself to a well-deserved National Games gold medal at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here and to make an appeal to the ecosystem to encourage Indian Diving athletes a bit more. His competition with National Champion, team-mate a
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National Games round up: Rosy Paulraj, Ajith share spotlight with National
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Rosy Meena Paulraj got into a good rhythm, and improved her personal best from 4.00m to 4.20m to break VS Surekha's National and National Games records set in 2014 and 2015 respectively. Ajith broke the National Record in the Clean and Jerk with a lift of 174kg to push National Games record
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Amlan Borgohain fastest man of National Games, Yarraji fastest woman
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Andhra Pradesh's Jyothi Yarraji stunned a star-studded field, including Dutee Chand and Hima Das, to win the Women's 100m gold in a thrilling race. Amlan Borgohain had registered a timing of 10.28s in the semifinals and though he could not improve on that performance he was more than happy.
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National Games Swimming preview: India's best will make waves in Rajkot po
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Sajan Prakash emerged the Best Male Athlete of the 2015 National Games in his home state after bagging a phenomenal six gold and three silver medals. Besides him and backstroke specialist Srihari Nataraj, who is aiming to shine in the Freestyle sprints, Siva Sridhar (Karnataka) and a host of
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Desperately wanted to take part in National Games: Bajrang Punia
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Bajrang Punia is highly impressed with the efforts put in by the organisers of the 36th National Games, saying that the standard here matches the international tournaments, he has been a part of.
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