Courtesy of a dominating performance from the athletes, India clinches 27 medals and remain in the second position at the medals tally in the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) – 2019
SAG 2019 – Medal Tally
Athletics: India completely dominated the first day of athletics events by clinching 10 medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze) while the shooters also fetched nine (4 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) to swell the country’s tally. India’s athletes continued their fine show at the 13th South Asian Games by adding four medals, including a gold in men’s 1500m race at the Dasarath Stadium here on Tuesday. The Indians bagged the gold and silver in the men’s the 1500m besides winning the silver and bronze in the women’s 1500m event.
Ajay Kumar Saro won the gold in men’s 1500m with a timing of 3.54.18 seconds while Ajeet Kumar clinched the silver by clocking 3.57.18s. The bronze went to Tanka Karki (3.50.20s) of Nepal. Earlier in the day, India’s Chanda (4.34.51s) clinched the silver medal in the women’s 1500m event while compatriot Chitra Palakeez (4.35.46s) settled for the bronze
Shooting: Indian markswomen, Mehuli Ghosh, Shriyanka Sadagi and Shreya Agrawal bag Gold in the Women’s 10m Air Rifle Team event, as well as all three medals in their Individual event! Indian shooters bagged nine medals, including four gold, with Mehuli Ghosh winning the yellow metal with a score better than the world record. The 19-year-old Mehuli clinched the gold with a score of 253.3 in the final, which is 0.4 more than the current world record of 252.9 which is in the name of another Indian, Apurvu Chandela. Mehuli’s effort will, however, not be considered as a world record, as the South Asian Games’ results are not recognised by the international body (ISSF) for the purpose of records.
Shriyanka Sadangi took the silver with a score of 250.8, while Shreya Agrawal (227.2) clinched the bronze in a 1-2-3 podium finish by the Indians.India also won the team gold in the 10m air rifle event. In the men’s 50m 3P event, Chain Singh clinched the gold medal with compatriot Akhil Sheoran winning the silver. Yogesh Singh and Gurpreet Singh won the gold and silver medal in the 25m center fire pistol event respectively. India also won a silver medal in the 25m center fire pistol team event.
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India also swept the volleyball gold medals by winning both the men’s and women’s titles. The men’s team defeated Pakistan 20-25, 25-15, 25-17 and 29-27 in a hard-fought summit clash to defend the gold they had won at home in the 2016 edition. The bronze medal went to Sri Lanka.
In the women’s final, the defending champions had to toil hard to beat hosts Nepal in a five-setter to clinch the gold. India won 25-17, 23-25, 21-25, 25-20 and 15-6. The women’s bronze medal also went to Sri Lanka
Table Tennis: India Men’s and Women’s Teams add 2 more to India’s medal count at the 13th South Asian Games, winning their respective Table Tennis Team competitions. In table tennis, Indian men’s team beat Nepal 3-0 in the summit clash while their women’s counterparts defeated Sri Lanka team 3-0 in the final to clinch gold medals.
Taekwondo: In taekwondo, Kashish Malik won a gold in women’s 57kg category while Radha Bhati (women’s 46kg), Kanha Mainali (men’s 54kg) and Prithviraj Chavan (men’s 68kg) won a bronze each.
Football: In women’s football, India mauled Maldives 5-0 in their opening game with Bala Devi scoring a brace.Indian men’s and women’s kho-kho teams registered dominating wins over their Sri Lankan counterparts in the semi-finals to enter the finals.
Badminton: After the stupendous gold medal-winning show from the Indian men’s and women’s teams, the contingent made a thunderous start in the individual section with shuttlers from the country registering five wins to progress into the quarter-finals.The only setback for India was the walkover given by the mixed doubles pair of Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy with the former falling ill.
India’s medal tally stood at 43 medals (18 gold, 16 silver and 9 bronze), behind hosts Nepal’s 44 (23 gold, 9 silver, 12 bronze). Sri Lanka was third with 46 medals (5 gold, 14 silver, 27 bronze).
This article was originally published in myKhel.com