South Asian Games: Indian juggernaut continues as medal run breaks 200-mark

Yesterday, the hosts bagged 39 gold, 25 silver and 6 bronze medals on an eventful day at the South Asian Games to add 70 medals to their kitty.  

The biggest upset of the day came in the women’s singles badminton event with youngster Ruthvika Shivani Gadde defeating World No.12 PV Sindhu in straight sets. Sindhu, who was the overwhelming favourite for the yellow metal, struggled against the 18-year old in the first game and went down tamely by surrendering it 11-21.

The second game was a much-tighter affair with both shuttlers going neck-to-neck for every point. Ruthvika, who won the senior nationals last year, trailed 8-11 at one point before bouncing back to win it 22-20.

In the opening day of the shooting competition, the hosts made a magnificent start by claiming all three medals in the women’s 10m Air Rilfe. Apurvi Chandela, who has been on a golden run from the start of the year with back-to-back golds in the Swedish Cup Grand Prix, added another feather to her cap on Wednesday by claiming the top spot beating compatriots Elizabeth Susan Koshy and Pooja Ghatkar.

Among the 39 gold medals on day 5, athletics contributed the most with 10, followed by wushu with 8, swimming and badminton with 5 each.

1. Athletics – 10 gold

                2. Surendhar – Gold - Men's 110m Hurdles

                3. Arokia Rajiv – Gold - Men's 400m

                5. Ankit Sharma – Gold - Men's Long Jump

                6. Sahana Kumari – Gold - Women's High Jump

                8. Mayookha Johny – Gold - Women's Triple Jump

                9. M. R. Poovamma – Gold - Women's 400m

2. Wushu – 8 gold

                1. M Gyandash Singh – Gold - Men's Taolu-Taijiquan & Taijijian

                3. Uchit Sharma – Gold - Men's Sanshou 52 Kg

                4. Ravi Panchal – Gold - Men's Sanshou 56 Kg

                6. Y Sanathoi Devi – Gold - Women's Sanshou 52 Kg

                7. Anupama Devi – Gold - Women's Sanshou 60 Kg

3. Swimming – 5 gold

                1. Shraddha Sudhir – Gold - Women's 200m Individual Medley

                3. Jyotsna Pansare – Gold - Women's 50m Butterfly

                4. Men’s Team – Gold - Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

4. Table Tennis – 4 gold

                1. Anthony Amalraj – Gold - Men's Singles

                3. Mouma Das – Gold – Women’s Singles

                4. Manika Batra / Pooja Vijay Sahasrabudhe – Gold – Women’ s Doubles

                1. Ruthvika Shivani – Gold – Women’s Singles

                2. Srikanth Kiadambi – Gold – Men’ Singles

                4. Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy – Gold – Men’s Doubles

                5. Pranav J Chopra / N. Sikki Reddy – Gold – Mixed Doubles

                1. Apurvi Chandela – Gold - Women’s 10m Air Rifle

                2. Women’s Team – Gold – Women’s 10m Air Rifle team event

7. Tennis – 2 gold

                1. Ankita Raina, Divij Sharan – Gold – Mixed Doubles

8. Squash – 2 gold

                1. Men’s Team – Gold – Men’s Team event

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