Double for Sumathira, Neel, Kenisha

Abhishek Singh, Aparna Roy declared ‘best athletes’; Tamil Nadu tops athletics medals table

February 03, 2018 10:14 pm | Updated 10:14 pm IST - NEW DELHI

That’s two! Sumathira Balakrishnan of Tamil Nadu had a great day on the track, winning the 400m individual and relay golds.

That’s two! Sumathira Balakrishnan of Tamil Nadu had a great day on the track, winning the 400m individual and relay golds.

Sumathira Balakrishnan of Tamil Nadu clocked her personal best 56.39 seconds to clinch the girls’ 400m gold as the athletics competition concluded in the Khelo India School Games at the Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.

Sumathira won the relay gold as well for Tamil Nadu, along with M. Kowsalya, Steffi Olimba and V. Lekha, ahead of Kerala.

Abhishek Singh of Uttar Pradesh and Aparna Roy of Kerala were declared ‘best athletes’.

Tamil Nadu topped the medals table with five gold, eight silver and six bronze medals. Kerala had five gold, seven silver and five bronze, followed by Maharashtra with five gold, four silver and two bronze.

In swimming, Neel Roy and Kenisha Gupta of Maharashtra won the 50m freestyle as well as the 200m individual medley. Srihari Nataraj of Karnataka added the 200m backstroke gold to his medley relay gold.

The results: Athletics: Boys: 400m: 1. Dhanush Kumar Gandi (AP) 49.05; 2. D. Srikanth (Tel) 49.09; 3. TK Sayooj (Ker) 49.75.

Pole vault: 1. Rakesh Gond (Mah) 4.70; 2. Deepak Yadav (UP) 4.30; 3. Sandeep Kumar (UP) 4.15.

Hammer: 1. Arnav Yadav (UP) 64.09; 2. Afsar Ahmed (UP) 60.54; 3. Paran Deshwal (Pun) 58.14.

4x100m: 1. Maharashtra 42.83; 2. Kerala 43.14; 3. Tamil Nadu 43.68.

4x400m: 1. Kerala 3:32.75; 2. Tamil Nadu 3:32.82; 3. Maharashtra 3:33.32.

5000m walk: 1. Paramjjeet Singh Bisht (Utk) 21:19.84; 2. Mukesh Kumar (Utk) 21:26.71; 3. Harsh (Del) 21:40.01.

Girls: 400m: 1. Sumathira Balakrishnan (TN) 56.39; 2. Tai Bamhane (Mah) 57.22; 3. AS Sandra (Ker) 57.67.

Hammer: 1. Harshita Sehrawat (Del) 58.53; 2. Aishwarya (Har) 48.63; 3. Bhumika Chaudhary (Del) 47.39.

4x100m: 1. Kerala 48.61; 2. Maharashtra 49.94; 3. Delhi 52.50.

4x400m: 1. Tamil Nadu 3:59.22; 2. Kerala 3:59.45; 3. Delhi 4:00.96.

3000m walk: 1. Mansi Negi (UK) 14:44.44; 2. Munita Prajapathi (UP) 14:47.32; 3. Angom Ranisha Devi (Man) 15:53.97.

Swimming: Boys: 50m freestyle: 1. Neel Roy (Mah) 24.19; 2. Srihari Nataraj (Kar) 24.53; 3. Rajdip Roy (WB) 25.02.

800m freestyle: 1. Advait Page (MP) 8:51.89; 2. Aaryan Bhosale (Del) 8:56.06; 3. Anurag Singh (Del) 8:56.62.

200m backstroke: 1. Srihari Nataraj (Kar) 2:05.78; 2. Xavier Michel D’Souza (Goa) 2:08.59; 3. Advaid Page (MP) 2:08.99.

200m individual medley: 1. Neel Roy (Mah) 2:10.91; 2. Advait Page (MP) 2:14.01; 3. Swadesh Mondal (Del) 2:19.59.

4x100m medley: 1. Karnataka 4:07.59; 2. Delhi 4:08.22; 3. Tamil Nadu 4:14.03.

Girls: 50m freestyle: 1. Kenisha Gupta (Mah) 27.88; 2. Shivangi Sharma (Del) 28.45; 3. Annie Jain (Del) 28.52.

200m backstroke: 1. Suvana Bhaskar (Kar) 2:29.52; 2. Tanisha Malviya

(Del) 2:30.12; 3. Pratyasa Ray (Odi) 2:34.47.

200m individual medley: 1. Kenisha Gupta (Mah) 2:29.69; 2. Suvana Bhaskar (Kar) 2:33.50; 3. Aaliyah Singh (UP) 2:36.43.

4x100m medley: 1. Delhi 4:39.54; 2. Karnataka 4:42.22; 3. Maharashtra 4:53.77.

Wrestling: Boys: Freestyle: 46 kg: 1. Sunil (Del); 2. Rohit (Har); 3: Ronak Singh (Har) & Rohit Patel (MP).

54 kg: 1. Rohit Dahiya (Del); 2. Jasbir Khattar (Pun); 3. Manoj Tiwari (UP) & C. Sunil (Kar).

63 kg: 1. Akash Dahiya (Har); 2. Ashish (Del); 3. Sunny (Chd) & Mulayam singh (UP).

Greco-Roman: 46 kg: 1. Arshad (UP), 2. Rohan Bhosale (Mah); 3. Lalit Kumar (Har) & Chetan (Del).

54 kg: 1. Anup Kumar (UP); 2 Parth Kandare (Mah); 3. Sumit Kumar (Utk) & Shamsher Singh (Pun).

63 kg: 1. Rahul (UP); 2. Dil Mohbbat Phogat (Har); 3. Sonu (Del) & Jasmanjot Singh (Pun).

76 kg: 1. Varun (Del); 2. Akshay Rathore (MP); 3. Hariom (UP) & Daneshwar Singh Brar (Pun).

Girls: 40 kg: 1. Neelam (Har); 2. Bhavika Patel (Guj); 3. Manju Kumari (Har) & Gopavva Khodaki (Kar).

46 kg: 1. Hanny Kumari (Har); 2. Jyoti Manjunath Ghadi (Kar); 3. Kirti Nain (Del) & Sonali Mandlik (Mah).

52 kg: 1. Bhagyashri Fand (Mah); 2. Sangeeta (Har); 3. Jasveen Kaur (Pun) & Shivani (Del).

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