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Last Day : 35th National Games Manipur adds 4 more Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze
Sanathoi, Sanatombi, Thomas Meitei, Fencing teams mint Gold
Source: The Sangai Express / Manipur Info Centre
Thiruvanathpuram, February 13 2015 :
Manipur, on the 13th and last day of the 35th National Games 2015 today collected four Gold, three Silver and three Bronze medals in the events of Wushu, Taekwondo, Fencing, Boxing, Cycling and Canoeing and Kayaking.
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GOLD MEDALS .
Manipur's Yumnam Sanathoi Devi clinched the Gold beating Vinisha Joshi of Rajasthan in Women Sanshou 52 kg below event of Wushu held at Lakshmibai National College for Physical Education Stadium, Karyavattom here.
In Taekwondo, held at Agriculture University Indoor stadium in Vellayani, Khumanthem Sanatombi Devi of Manipur clinched Gold in 53-57 kg Women event beating T Rajiyalily Devi of Kerala by 7-5 points.
In Boxing, Manipur's M Thomas Meitei beat Delhi's Dinesh Dagar by 20-15 points in the final and bagged the Gold.
In Foil Team Women of Fencing held at CIAL Convention Centre, Nedumbaserry in Kochi; Manipur's Wanglembam Roji Devi, Wanglembam Thoibi Devi, Sagolsem Bindu Devi and Maibam Usharani Devi beat Kerala by 45-29 points.
SILVER MEDALS .
In another match of Men Sanshou 75 kg below event of Wushu, Oinam Joy Singh of Manipur lost to Rajani Deori of Services SCB and settled for the Silver medal.
In Boxing held at Indoor Stadium at Thrissur, E Memthoi Devi of Manipur lost to Aruna Mishra of Jharkhand by 21-29 points in Womens Middle 69 kg-75 kg event and bagged the Silver.
H Chaoba Devi of Manipur settled for the Silver when she lost to Meisnam Meenakumari Devi of Kerala by 9-17 points in the final match of the Light 60 kg Women category.
BRONZE MEDALS .
In 200 m Women Single Canoe event; Khwairakpam Indira Devi of Manipur covering it in 1 minute 7 seconds settled for the Bronze.
Gold medal went to Nithya Kuriakose Mathai of Kerala who finished it in 56 seconds and Silver medal to Namita Chandel of Madhya Pradesh who made the podium finish in 58 seconds.
In 57 kg-62 kg women event of Taekwondo, Leimaram Joypriya Chanu of Manipur lost to Rekha Rani Gogoi of Assam in the semi-final by 1-7 points and settled for the Bronze.
In Team Sprint Women event of Cycling; Manipur's Takhellambam Soniya Devi and Chabungbam Rameshwori Devi collected the Bronze.
Gold medal went to Kerala and Silver went to Andaman and Nicober.
In the overall medal tally, Manipur finished at the 7th position with Gold-22, Silver-21 and Bronze-26.Services SCB tops the medal tally while Kerala, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh followed suits.
It will be interesting to note that players from Manipur represented Services SCB bagged 10 golds and Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala each one gold in individual event.
Seven Manipuri players of Services, 10 players of Madhya Pradesh and three players of Telangana got golds in team event.
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