Panaji :- Maharashtra is on the brink of a double century in the medal tally on the 11th day on Sunday thanks to brilliant performances in track cycling, triathlon, tennis, archery and squash. With a total of 193 medals including 67 gold, 61 silver and 65 bronze medals, Maharashtra has undisputedly dominated the medal table. Senadal (52 gold, 22 silver, 28 bronze, total 102 medals) is second and Haryana Senadal (48 gold, 33 silver, 47 bronze, total 128 medals) is third.
Even on the last day of track cycling, Maharashtra’s Mayuri Lute bagged her fifth medal of the National Games by winning gold.
Similarly, Sanjana Joshi won the silver medal. Maharashtra won two medals in triathlon on the first day itself. International tennis players Arjun Kadhe and Rutuja Bhosle played to their standards and won the mixed doubles tennis gold medal for Maharashtra in the National Games on Sunday. Archers from Maharashtra bagged a total of three medals, one silver and two bronze in the compound category on Sunday. Partha Korde won two medals, an individual bronze and a team silver. A bronze was won by the women’s team.Urvashi Joshi and Rahul Baitha of Maharashtra bagged bronze medals in singles in the squash category.
In hockey, Priyanka Wankhede’s double scored the Maharashtra women’s team to a resounding 3-1 win over Karnataka in the final league match. But the Maharashtra team failed to reach the semi-finals. In shooting, Ruchira Vinerkar and Sakshi Suryavanshi failed to reach the women’s 10m air rifle final by four points.
Maharashtra’s Kho-Kho teams achieved their second consecutive impressive win in both men’s and women’s teams. In Kabaddi, Maharashtra men’s team confirmed their entry into the knockout round with their second consecutive win. However, the women’s team is likely to lose in the league due to Rajasthan’s draw. In Boxing, Rishikesh Gaud confirmed his entry into the semifinals.
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Cycling*
*Golden success to Mayuri ; 5th medal in National Games*
*Silver to Sushikala, Bronze to Mayur Pawar*
Maharashtra’s Mayuri Lute bagged her fifth medal of the National Games with a golden success on the final day of track cycling as well. Maharashtra bagged a total of three medals – one gold, one silver and one bronze – on Sunday.
Mayuri finished first in the women’s Kerin category of track cycling held at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi. And the silver medal was also won by Maharashtra’s Sushik Agashe. The bronze medal went to Delhi’s Triyansha Paul.
Mayuri finished third in the men’s keirin category. Andaman and Nicobar’s David Beckham bagged the gold and Manipur’s Yanglem Singhane the silver medal.
In track cycling, Maharashtra bagged a total of eight medals namely three gold, three silver and two bronze. In this, Mayuri has won a total of five medals in this year’s National Games, namely three gold, one silver and one bronze.
*Farmer’s daughter achieves five-star success in truck cycling*
Mayuri Lute, a farmer’s daughter from Bela village in Bhandara district of Nagpur, has played a lion’s share in Maharashtra’s success by achieving five star success in truck cycling. This 22-year-old girl is being appreciated in the state. Mayuri expressed that I am very happy to have won five medals in the National Games.
Mayuri has bagged a total of five medals in this year’s National Games – three gold, one silver and one bronze. Mayuri took basic truck cycling lessons from Deepali Patil in Pune. Then started training and practice at Sports Authority of India in Delhi from 2015. After completing her graduation in Arts, she is currently working in South Western Railway at Hubli Bijapur.
“I am not satisfied with the success. Performance needs to be further improved. “My dream is to participate in the Olympic Games and win a medal,” said Mayuri.
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*Triathlon*
* Mansi Mohite wins gold medal despite being bitten by a fish*
*Silver medal to Sanjana Joshi of Maharashtra*
We always say that if you have a never give up attitude, success is guaranteed. Proving the same, Maharashtra’s Mansi Mohite bagged a gold medal in triathlon. Similarly, Sanjana Joshi won the silver medal. Maharashtra won two medals in triathlon on the first day itself.
A jellyfish stung her leg while swimming in a triathlon. But still she successfully completed all the three races i.e. swimming, cycling and running to give Maharashtra a sensational title. Her teammate Sanjana Joshi became the silver medalist in this event.
The competition was organized at the beach in Panaji. It consisted of a 750 meter swim followed by a 20 kilometer cycle followed by a five kilometer run.
While swimming, Mansi’s legs were bitten by a jelly fish. But despite this pain, she completed the 750m swim in 13 minutes, 14 seconds, followed by the 20 km cycling in 36 minutes 44 seconds and then the 5 km run in 22 minutes 28 seconds to win the gold medal. Sanjana completed the 750m swim in 13 minutes, 09 seconds, followed by the 20 km cycling in 35 minutes 54 seconds and then the 5 km run in 26 minutes, 14 seconds, earning a silver.
Pragya Kumari of Gujarat was earlier announced the silver medal in this competition. But when her pedals went out during the cycle, instead of fitting them herself, her father fitted them for her. If any part of the bicycle breaks, it is the responsibility of the concerned athlete to refit it. In this regard, three-four teams including Maharashtra objected and their objection was accepted. Hence, Pragya was disqualified and Sanjana was awarded the silver medal.
After the competition, Mansi was admitted to a local hospital for treatment. Mansi is a sportsperson from Krida Prabodhini from Pune and has won many medals in many national level competitions till date.
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*Tennis*
*Arjun-Rutuja Mixed Doubles Gold Medal*
International tennis players Arjun Kadhe and Rutuja Bhosle played to their standards and won the mixed doubles tennis gold medal for Maharashtra in the National Games on Sunday.
In the mixed doubles final, the pair of Arjun-Rituja defeated Tamil Nadu’s Jeevan N and Saismita in straight sets 6-3, 6-1.
Uttar Pradesh’s Siddharth Rawat and Gujarat’s Vaidehi Chaudhary bagged gold in men’s singles.
Maharashtra has won a total of five medals in the national sports competition namely three gold, one silver and one bronze. This was Rituja’s third medal at the National Games this year as she won the team silver and women’s doubles gold earlier. Similarly, Arjun won the men’s doubles medal with Purav Raja on Saturday. So this was his second medal.
*Maharashtra will continue to dominate due to international players – Shirgaonkar*
Asian Games gold medalist Rutuja Bhosle, Olympic tennis player Prarthana Thombre, international tennis player Arjun Kadhe and Poorav Raja have experience in major tournaments at the global level. On the strength of this experience, these players have achieved the best success for Maharashtra. Maharashtra Olympic Association secretary Namdev Shirgaonkar praised the medal winning players in such words that Maharashtra could maintain its dominance in tennis.
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*Archery*
*Three medals in compound category*
*Parth Korde individual bronze and team silver*
Archers from Maharashtra bagged a total of three medals, one silver and two bronze in the compound category on Sunday. Partha Korde won two medals, an individual bronze and a team silver. A bronze was won by the women’s team.In the team men’s event, the Maharashtra team consisting of Parth, Manav Jadhav, Prathamesh Javakar and Harsh Borate finished second with 224 points. Delhi bagged gold with 228 points and Rajasthan bagged bronze with 231 points.
Parth scored 143 points and finished third in the individual event. Delhi’s Hrithik Chahal (149 points) bagged the gold and Rajasthan’s Rajat Chauhan (145 points) bagged the bronze.
In the women’s team category, Maharashtra secured the third position by scoring 226 points. The Maharashtra team consisted of Purvsha Shende, Tejal Salve, Mamangavkar, Pruthika Simon. Rajasthan bagged gold with 228 points and Punjab bagged bronze with 226 points.
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*Squash*
*Bronze medals to Urvashi Joshi, Rahul Baitha*
Squash to Urvashi Joshi and Rahul Baitha of Maharashtra Bronze medals were won in singles. In the women’s singles semi-final, Urvashi lost to Goa’s Akanksha Salunkhe 7-11, 9-11, 1-11. In the men’s singles semi-final, Rahul lost to Tamil Nadu’s Abhay Singh 6-11, 1-11, 8-11.
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*Hockey*
*Maharashtra women’s team wins over Karnataka thanks to Priyanka’s double goal*
On the strength of Priyanka Wankhede’s double goal, the Maharashtra women’s hockey team secured a resounding 3-1 win over Karnataka in the final series of the National Sports Center. But the Maharashtra team failed to qualify for the semi-finals. The first session ended in a goalless draw. Then in the 27th minute of the second session, Priyanka scored Maharashtra’s first goal. But in the very next minute, Karnataka’s Nisha PC (in the 28th minute) scored through a penalty corner to make it 1-1 at the interval.
Then in the third session, both the teams failed to score a goal. In the fourth session, however, Maharashtra played an aggressive game to sustain the challenge. In the 53rd minute, Priyanka scored through a penalty corner to increase Maharashtra’s lead to 2-1.Then two minutes later, Lalrindiki scored a field goal (55th minute) to add the third goal to Maharashtra’s account. Bhavna Khade of Maharashtra was shown a yellow card in this match.
From Group B, Jharkhand (10 points) and Punjab (7 points) qualified for the semi-finals. Maharashtra also earned 7 points. But Punjab advanced on goal difference.
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*shooting*
*Ruchira, Sakshi fail to reach final round*
Maharashtra’s two shooters Ruchira vinerkar and Sakshi Suryavanshi failed to reach the women’s 10m air rifle final by four points.
Ruchira scored a total of 568 points in the five series with scores of 96, 91, 93, 97, 96, 95 respectively. Sakshi scored 91, 94, 96, 96, 95 in total 568 marks. Of the eight who qualified for the finals, the seventh and eighth ranked shooters each scored 572 points.
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*Kho-Kho*
*Impressive win for both Maharashtra teams*
Maharashtra’s Kho-Kho teams achieved their second consecutive group win in both the men’s and women’s teams at the national sports games. In the men’s group, Maharashtra defeated West Bengal by 60-22 by 38 points. Meanwhile, in the women’s group, Maharashtra secured a one-sided victory over Kerala by 62-26 by 36 points.
Captain Ramji Kashyap 2.20m as Maharashtra men’s team resoundingly beat West Bengal in the ongoing Kho-Kho games at the Fonda Multipurpose Stadium. Protected and took 10 wickets. Farzand Pathan 2.00 m. Picked up 8 wickets while defending. Aditya Ganpule 2.30 m. Played a catch and took 2 wickets, while Suyash Gargate was not out for 1.20m. Protected and took 4 wickets. Murtaja Ali from Kerala team fought one-sidedly and cleared 1.40 m. By defending, Maharashtra lost 4 wickets.
As expected, Maharashtra’s match against Kerala in the women’s group was one-sided. In this match, Maharashtra women’s team won by as many as 36 points. All-rounder Priyanka Ingle played an important role in this success. She is 1.40 m. 12 points scored by defense and sharp attack. Reshma Rathod 1.50 m. Scored 8 points while defending. Priyanka Bhopi cleared 2.40m. Scored 4 points in attack while playing on the run. Pritha S. 1.20 m. Defending Maharashtra scored 8 points.
So K. Arya 1.50 m. Managed to score 4 points while defending.
Kerala Men’s team, who lost their first group match against Odisha yesterday, maintained their challenge today with a 48-42 win over Karnataka by 6 points. Delhi Women’s team, who won the first match of the group, had to face defeat today. Karnataka team beat Delhi Women’s team by 50-32 by 18 points.
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*Kabaddi*
*Maharashtra’s men’s team secures knockout stage with second win*
*Due to Rajasthan’s draw, the women’s team is afraid of losing in the league*
The Maharashtra men’s kabaddi team on Sunday secured their place in the knockout stages of the national sports games with their second straight series win.
However, the women’s team is likely to lose in the league due to Rajasthan’s draw.
Maharashtra defeated Tamil Nadu 44-21 in the Men’s Group A match. In the first session, they took a 24-11 lead by playing natural. In the second session, Tamil Nadu kept aggressive and captured four wickets of Maharashtra one by one. With the last 3 overs to spare, Tamil Nadu had a chance to beat Maharashtra.
But Kiran Magar took the upper hand and foiled their plan. After that, Maharashtra increased the lead of Maharashtra by giving it to Tamil Nadu.
By the time the last 5 minutes were called, Maharashtra had already put the match in their pocket with a lead of 41-17. Akash Shinde, Tejas Patil, Aditya Shinde’s swashbuckling attacks, supported by the strong defense of Arkam Sheikh and Kiran Magar helped Maharashtra win by a big margin.
Akshay Bhoir was given an opportunity to play in the second season. He also took advantage of the opportunity to play as an all-rounder. Maharashtra’s last league match will be against Chandigarh.
The Maharashtra women’s team had a fear of being eliminated in the league after a 30-30 tie against Rajasthan in the B-group league match. Maharashtra women made a bright start and took an 18-12 lead in the first half.
In the last few minutes of the second half, Maharashtra increased their lead to 27-16. But in the last 3 minutes, Rajasthan managed to equalize with a strong counter attack. At the last minute, the players of Maharashtra awarded the points to Rajasthan. From Maharashtra, Rekha Sawant bowled while Harajit Kaur bowled well.
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*Boxing*
*Rishikesh in semi-final; Maharashtra Medal Confirmed*
Maharashtra’s young boxer Rishikesh Gaud booked his place in the semi-finals of the National Sports Center Boxing on Sunday with a superb performance. Definitely the Maharashtra team will win the medal.
Rishikesh defeated Prahlad Panda of goa by 4-4 in the last quarter-final between 54 and 57 kg.With this, he was able to confirm his entry into the final four. Meanwhile, Saurabh Lenekar of Maharashtra also faced defeat. He was defeated by S. Pokharia of Senadal. In the women’s group, Janhvi Waghmare and Vidhi Rawal also had to face defeat in their respective groups. This ruined his dream of a medal.
