Kolkata : The 1st Day of 38th National Games saw action packed events.
Dhinidhi Desinghu bagged record breaking 3 Golds setting National Record in 200m Swimming, while Srihari Nataraj clinched 2 Golds. Both of them are from Karnataka.
West Bengal’s Devesh Shaw too opened accounts for them, as the youngster won Bronze Medal in Wushu. Manipur bagged Gold.
Haryana’s iconic shooter Ramita Jindal displayed top class performance in 10m Air Rifle shooting, topping the chart with score of 634.9.
Rugby Sevens saw Odisha, West Bengal, and Bihar register commanding victories in the women’s category, while Haryana and Odisha continued their unbeaten runs in the men’s competition.
Besides these, more actions followed.
Day 1 Medal Summary :
Swimming :
Men’s :
Srihari Nataraj – Karnataka – 1:50.57
Aneesh S Gowda – Karnataka – 1:52.42
Sajan Prakash – Kerala – 1:53.73
Srihari Nataraj further extended the medal tally for Karnataka after winning the men’s 200m freestyle gold medal and he was also the part of men’s 4*100m relay gold medal-winning team of Karnataka.
Women’s :
Women’s 200m Freestyle Results
Dhinidhi Desinghu – Karnataka – 2:03.24 – Gold (NR)
Bhavya Sachdeva – Delhi – 2:08.68 – Silver
Aditi Satish Hegde – Maharashtra – 2:09.74 – Bronze
Women’s 100m Butterfly Results
Dhinidhi Desinghu – Karnataka – 1:03.62 – Gold
Naisha Shetty – Karnataka – 1:04.81 – Silver
Shristi Upadhaya – Odisha – 1:05.20 – Bronze.
Dhinidhi Desinghu of Karnataka won three gold medals on the opening day. She also re-wrote her own national record in the women’s 200m freestyle category to clinch the gold medal. Later, she added two more gold medals in her kitty, winning the women’s 100m butterfly and women’s 4*100m freestyle finals.
Wushu :
Women’s (Nanquan) :
Konjengbam Luxmi Devi – Manipur – Gold
Women’s (Changquan) :
Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi – Manipur – Silver
Aprajeeta Mishra – Bihar – Bronze.
Tongbram Saya Chanu – Manipur – Gold
Khaidem Panthoi Devi – Manipur – Silver
Jyoti Verma – Uttarakhand – Bronze
Men’s (Nanquan) :
Bonish Yurembam – Manipur – Gold
Krish Chhetri – Delhi – Silver
Devesh Shaw – West Bengal – Bronze.
Men’s (Changquan) :
Mayanglambam Singh – Services – Gold
Salam Singh – Manipur – Silver
Sumit Pulami – Delhi – Bronze.
Diving :
Ningthoujam Wilson Singh of Services clinched the gold medal in the men’s HighBoard event with a total score of 289.10.
Amit Dey – Services completed podium for Services by winning the silver medal with a score of 272.50. Meanwhile, Om Rajesh Awasthi of Maharashtra clinched the bronze medal with 239.30.
