It was a dominant show by Uttar Pradesh in the boys’ all-around gymnastics, but the rules allowed only two medals, as Mohammed Anas and his schoolmate Ankur Sharma bagged the gold and silver in the Khelo India School Games on Tuesday.
Uttar Pradesh swept the first five positions, but the bronze medal went to the sixth placed Tushar Kalyan of Delhi, as Raj Yadav (65.40), Vaibhav Chaurasia (64.60) and Mohammed Rafey (63.85) were kept away from the podium.
Mohammed Anas had a fine performance as he collected 12.50 in the floor exercise, 11.20 on the pommel horse, 10.35 on the Roman rings, 13.05 on the vault, 8.50 on the parallel bars and 10.90 on the horizontal bar for a total of 66.50 points.
In weightlifting, World youth championship silver medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga had a total lift of 251kg to beat Jacob Vanlaltluanga of Maharashtra by four kilograms, in the 62kg category.
Both the Mizoram boys, who grew up in Aizawl, were representing Maharashtra as they were based in the Army Sports Institute in Pune. “I wanted to lift more because I was testing myself,” said Jeremy, who failed in his last attempt of 140kg in clean and jerk.
The results:
Gymnastics: Boys: All-around: 1. Mohammed Anas (UP) 66.50; 2. Ankur Sharma (UP)65.90; 3. Tushar Kalyan (Del) 62.85.
Judo: Boys: 50kg: 1. Harish (Har), 2. Haobijam Keshorjit Singh (Man), 3. Lovepreet (Pun) & Aryan Drall (Del).
55kg: 1. Krishna Kumar (Del), 2. Harsh Dalal (Del), 3. Vivek Yadav(UP) & Nitish Kumar (Har). 60kg: 1. Mayank Kadian (Guj), 2. Ishann Kanojia (Mah), 3. Ajay Kumar (MP) & Zishan Ali (UP).
Girls: 40kg: 1. Priya (Har), 2. Asmita Dey (Tri), 3. Rhini Mohite (Mah) & Kamini Yadav (Chd). 44kg: 1. Thangjam Taba (Man), 2. Moirangthem (Man), 3. A. Anumol (Ker) & Shaina Sailesh De (Mah). 48kg: 1. Snehal Khavare (Mah), 2. Ashwini Vaijhanath Solanke (Mah), 3. Zonunsangi (Miz) & Ganga (Raj).
Weightlifting: Boys: 62kg: 1. Jeremy Lalrinnunga (Mah) (115, 136: 251); 2. Jacob Vanlaltluanga (Mah) (111, 136: 247); 3. Abhishek Nipane (Mah) (100, 122: 222).
Girls: 53kg: 1. Lamabam Nilam Devi (Man) (69, 90: 159); 2. Ananya Patil (Mah) (69, 80: 149); 3. Dhanashri Pawar (Mah) (66, 81: 147).
Badminton: Quarterfinals: Boys: K. Sai Charan (Tel) bt Govind Krishna (Ker) 21-12, 21-13; Aakash Yadav (UP) bt Laa Takum (Aru) 21-15, 21-15; Maisnam Meirba (Man) bt K. Sathish Kumar (TN) 21-14, 21-8.
Girls: Malvika Bansod (Mah) bt Mansi Singh (UP) 21-14, 22-20; Unnati Bisht (Utk) bt Trishna Hegde (Kar) 21-14, 21-13; Amolika Singh (UP) bt Alfiya Basari (Kar) 21-15, 21-17; Aakarshi Kashyap (Chd) bt Aashi Rawat (UP) 21-13, 24-22.
