2023-11-03 17:17:14
Kampal (Goa): Kerala’s golden comeback at the National Games with a double gold. Sajan Prakash swam back to gold and Margaret Maria Regi ended the gold drought in taekwondo. 200 m. Sajan Prakash won gold in medley swimming. With this, Sajan’s gold in Goa has increased to three. 400 m. Sajan also won silver in freestyle.
Margaret’s gold in taekwondo is in the women’s under 67kg category. Along with this, Kerala won silver in mixed relay and men’s sepak takro and bagged four bronze medals on Friday. Kerala’s winnings yesterday are two gold, three silver and four bronze. With this 13 gold
Kerala finished seventh with a total of 49 medals, including 18 silver and bronze each. Maharashtra tops the list with 60 gold medals in the Games. Services is second with 43 golds and Haryana is third with 32 golds.
Double happiness
Double happiness came to the Kerala camp on Friday evening, where the gold was far away on Thursday. First, Sajan Prakash won the gold from the swimming pool. 200 m. The third gold of the Games was in the medley (2.04.57). With this, Sajan’s total medal haul has become nine. 400 m was 3 minutes 58.13 seconds. Sajan swam to silver in the freestyle.
In women’s taekwondo, Marget won the gold by defeating Jammu and Kashmir’s Afrin Haider in two one-sided sets. Margaret is a native of Kottayam Kallara who has won gold in the South Asian Games. Margaret is a clerk in the Department of Social Justice who is training at Sai Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala’s second silver is in Men’s Sepak Thacro Doubles. Nitin V. Nair, Basil K. Babu, G.A. Akshay’s team came second. In the final, hosts Goa surrendered in front (21-13, 22-20). The final day of athletics is the third Friday in the mixed relay. P. Abhiram, Gauri Nandana, Rins Joseph and Jisna Mathew are on the track.
Angel P. in women’s high jump. Devasya 1.74m) also bagged the bronze. In Wushu 70 kg fighting, Malappuram native P.C. Sneha and Thaulu – In Gunshu section, N.P. who is from Malappuram. Greeshma also won bronze. Alappuzha’s Yasin Muhammad won the fourth bronze medal in Taekwondo in Kyorugi category of under 80 kg category.
Finals in water polo
Kerala women entered the finals in water polo. West Bengal will be the opponents in the final on Saturday at 10 am. The Kerala team defeated Maharashtra in the semi-final (16-7). Kerala will enter the field on Saturday aiming for the semi-finals in men’s football. Meghalaya will be the opponents in the final group match
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