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Golden double for Sharath Gaekwad

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BANGALORE: Sharath Gaekwad stole the hearts and a golden double in the swimming events of the 4th International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) World Games 2009 at the Basavanagudi Aquatic Centre pool here on Sunday, a day when India did make a big splash while winning five golds.

Sharath, who claimed the 100m breaststroke gold on Saturday, added the 50m freestyle gold and 100m butterfly silver to his kitty while Rajni Jha (two gold) and Kachan Choudhari and Prasanta Karmakar too added to the booty.

India’s Jagseer Singh added the triple jump silver to the long jump gold he won on Friday (6.70m). Jagseer leapt 12.59 metres with Mahabir Singh clinching the bronze (12.49 metres).

The results: Athletics: Men: F46: Triple jump: 1. Hasanov Huseyn (Azer) 13.32m, 2. Jagseer Singh (Ind) 12.59m, 3. Mahabir Singh (Ind) 12.49m.

Women: F46: Javelin (600 g): 1. Gudkova Natalia (Rus) 34.73m, 2. Matroushi Maryam (UAE) 26.58m, 3.Khamsuk Supidsara (Tha)26.21m.

F56: Javelin (wheelchair 600 g): 1. Willing Martina (Ger) 23.53m, 2. Al-Hameedi Ameera (Irq) 11.42m, 3. Almutairi Khuloud (Kuw) 9.64m.

T46: 400m: 1. Fidorow Alicja (Pol) 1:01.29s, 2. Kutasonova Evgenya (Rus) 1:02.24s, 3. Moguchaya Alexandra (Rus) 1:03.09s.

F55: Shot put (wheelchair 3 kg): 1. Buggenhagen Marianne (Ger) 8.17m, 2. Fesslova Jana (Czec) 7.07m, 3. Malathi Holla (Ind) 5.18m.

Swimming: Women: 100m butterfly: S8: 1. Zhonglan Chen (Chn) 1:16.07s, 2. Xiaoqin Jin (Chn) 1:16.09s. S9: 1. Yuqingyan Cai (Chn)1:15.45s, 2. Yanfen Bao (Chn) 1:16.27s, 3. Surerut Komkeaw (Tha) 1:29.47s. S10: 1. Jimin Wu (Chn) 1:18.10s, 2. Kanchan Chaudhari (Ind) 1:54.45s. 50m butterfly: S7: 1. Rajni Jha (Ind) 1:23.17s.

50m freestyle: S6: 1. Patricia Scasnarova (Slov) 1:02.30s. S7: 1. Rajni Jha (Ind) 55.49s. S8: 1. Zhonglan Chen (Chn) 34.12s, 2. Xiaoqin Jin (Chn) 35.23s, 3. Dominika Veselenyiova (Slov) 43.02s. S9: 1. Zhenxing He (Chn) 32.28s, 2. Yanfen Bao (Chn) 32.66s, 3. Surerut Komkeaw (Tha) 34.09s. S10: 1. Kanchan Chaudhari (Ind) 37.09s, 2. Jadranka Maric (Slov) 44.57s. 200m Butterfly: S5: Rui Si Theresa (Sing) 3:39.12s.

Men: 100m butterfly: S8: 1. Jiachao Wang (Chn) 1:04.18s, 2. Sharath Gaekwad (Ind) 1:13.83s, 3. David Wangyu Kulek (Mas) 1:28.53s. S9: 1. Chan Hai James Leow (Sing) 1:25.26s, 2. James Bezuidenhout (RSA) 1:30.84s, 3. Rajesh Shinde (Ind) 1:31.45s. S10: 1. Furong Lin (Chn) 1:03.14s, 2. Fraidden Dawan (Mas) 1:11.06s, 3. Sean Lyle Clark (RSA) 1:11.50s.

50m butterfly: S2: 1. Voijtech Franek (Czec) 1:51.89s. S4: 1. Somchai Doungkaew (Tha) 49.60s. S5: 1. Voravit Kaewkham (Tha) 43.52s, 2. Binod Kumar Singh (Ind) 1:07.68s. S6: 1. Qing Xu (Chn) 32.62s, 2. Raghavendra Anavekar (Ind) 38.21s, 3. Yusup Dewa (Mas) 41.03s.

50m freestyle: S6: 1. Qing Xu (Chn) 31.00s, 2. Andreas Potamitis (Cyp) 34.81s, 3. Yusup Dewa (Mas) 35.22s. S7: 1. Huaqiang Yang (Chn) 32.07s, 2. Somyot Sittichai (Tha) 33.77s, 3. Falah Al-Hazza (Irq) 39.97s. S8: 1. Sharath Gaekwad (Ind) 30.85s, 2. David Wangyu Kulek (Mas) 33.44s, 3. Hatem Al-Drkuzli (Irq) 37.03s. S9: 1. Prasanta Karmalar (Ind) 28.91s, 2. Sachin Verma (Ind) 29.95s, 3. Chan Hai James Leow (Sing) 30.81s. S10: 1. Sean Lyle Clark (RSA) 27.04s, 2. Razak Tambi (Mas) 30.50s, 3. Nazar Abdu;razaq (Irq) 30.77s.

200m freestyle: S5: 1. Zul Amirul Sidi Abdull (Mas) 3:27.63s.

Table tennis: Team Events: Women’s (Standing) Class 7-10: Philippines bt Kenya 3-0.

Wheelchair: Class 4: India ‘A’ bt India `B’ 3-0 (Bhavina Hasmukh Bhai bt Pragya Gill Dayal 11-9, 11-9, 11-6; Ramliben Narayanbhai bt Ushabehen Ramjibhai 18-16, 5-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-6; Sonaliben Manubhai/Bhavina bt Kamakshi/Ushaben 11-0, 11-2, 11-2).

Men: Standing: Class 9: Saudi Arabia bt India 3-0 (Thamer Habshan bt Srinivas 11-6, 11-6, 11-4; Rami Sahani bt Srinivas 11-4, 11-3, 12-10; Thamer/Rami bt Ajay/Srinivas 11-5, 12-10, 11-3).

Archery: 70 x2 metres: Qualification round: Recurve Standing (st): 1. Fransisco Dantas (Bra) 575, 2. Ranbir Singh (Ind) 560, 3. Salam Lukwanlakpa (Ind) 524.

Recurve wheelchair (w2): 1. Tseng Lung-Hui (Tpe) 597, 2. Chen Wu-Ying (Tpe) 534, 3. Tang Wen-Chien (Tpe) 520.

Compound (co): 1. Lee-Ouk-Soo (Kor) 685, 2. Andrey Muniz (Bra) 668, 3. Go-Sung Kil (Kor) 665.

Individual Olympic rlimination round: Recurve: Wheelchair (w2): 1. Tseng-Lung-Hui (Tpe) 102, 2. Tang-Wen Chien (Tpe) 83, 3. Chen-Wu-Ying (Tpe) 79.

Recurve: Standing (st): 1. Francisco Dantas (Bra) 98, 2. Ranbir Singh (Ind) 86, 3. Salam Lukwanlakpa (Ind) 76.

Compound (co): 1. Kweon-Hyun-Ju (Kor) 109-9-9, 2. Andrey Miniz (Bra) 109-9-8, 3. Lee-Ouk-Soo (Kor) 103.

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