12th Day: 35th National Games Maheswary wins gold with new meet record ;Manipur clinch 3 gold on Day 12
Memthoi Devi enter boxing final, Chaoba to meet Meenakumari in 60 kg final
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India

Thiruvananthapuram, February 12 2015 : Former Asian champion Renjith Maheswary nabbed his maiden National Games gold with a new meet record in triple jump today as previous marks continued to tumble like nine pins in the athletics arena on the penultimate day of competitions in the 35th edition here.

But what remained unchallenged was the Services Sports Control Board's (SSCB) domination on the medals table as they remained on top with a tally of 131 (81 gold, 23 silver and 27 bronze so far) .

Hosts Kerala displaced Haryana from the second spot owing to a strong athletics performance to total 119 (34 gold, 37 silver and 48 bronze).

Haryana took the third spot with 33 gold, 37 silver and 119 bronze.

The track and field events proved to be the most enthralling yet again for a packed house.

Former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Renjith got over the disappointment of disqualification in men's long jump by shattering the meet record in triple jump for a gold medal and a berth in the World Championships.

Manipur cyclist Chabungbam Rameshwori Devi

The 29-year-old, who won bronze medals in the past two National Games, cleared 16.66m to better the 16.62m record set by Arpinder Singh in the 2011 Games.

The silver went to defending champion Arpinder (16.41m), while the bronze was clinched by SSCB's Rakesh Babu (16.29m).There was a surprise in the cycling's women's sprint elite race in which Asian medallist and pre-race favourite Deborah of Andaman and Nicobar had to be content with a silver after losing out on a top spot to Manipur's Ch Rameshwori.

Kerala's Lidiyamil M Sunny finished as the bronze-medallist.

The men's race was won by Punjab's Amarjith Singh, followed by the SSCB duo of Alan Baby and Manoj R L.At Thrissur's boxing arena, the finalists were decided.

In the women's 51kg semifinals, Haryana's Sonia set up a summit clash with Arunachal Pradesh's Tonibala Chanu after beating Kerala's Alphonosa Mariathomas 27-8.Chanu got the better of Uttarakhand's Krishna Thapa 24-12.In the 60kg division, Manipur's Chaoba Devi triumphed over Jammu and Kashmir's Anju Bala 20-11 and will now face home favourite Maisnam Meena- kumari Devi, who defeated Delhi's Geeta Solanki 13-9 .

The 75kg final will feature Manipur's Memthoi Devi and Jharkhand's Aruna Mishra.

While Memthoi trumped Arunachal's S Ibemcha Devi 30-27, Aruna hammered Andhra's Marthamma Sattivada 21-7 .

The men's finalists were dominated by SSCB boy with Sandeep (52kg), Durgarao Vankala (56kg) and Amit Karki (69kg) entering the summit clashes of their respective weight categories.

In Kochi, the badminton event entered its last stage and former national champion Sourabh Verma was among the finalists.

Verma, representing Madhya Pradesh, edged past teammate Abhimany Singh 21-18 21-14 to make the finals, where he will face Haryana's Akshit Mahajan, who beat Madhya Pradesh's Sameer Verma 21-17 21-18 .

In men's taekwondo finals, Goa's Anand defeated SSCB's Vipin 11-3 to win the under-80, gold, while the under-58 top honours also went to SSCB after Santoba Singh sailed past Manipur's Vunga Raj 16-12.In the women's competition, Kerala's Margerette Maria beat Maharashtra's Ravade 11-6 to win the under-73 gold.

The under-46 gold was picked up by Assam's Monica after beating Jhar-khand's Prity Kumari 10-9 .

In wushu, SSCB won the Taoulu (Daoshu) gold through Chirag Sharma, who logged 8.97 points, beating Manipur's H Dewan Singh (8.63 points) and Madhya Pradesh's Tarun Namdeo (8.11 points) .