State top Games fencing
Source: The Sangai Express / Agencies
Ranchi, February 23 2011:
S Jayenta Singh, I Surendro Singh and C Bhavani Devi ended their respective campaigns with two gold medals each as Manipur finished on top at the end of fencing competition in the 34th National Games on Wednesday.
On the last day of the competition, Jayenta beat statemate N Sandhiraj Singh for the men's epee individual title as Himalaya Vishwakarma (Madhya Pradesh) and N Raiphishan Singh (Jharkhand) bagged bronze medals.
Jayenta had earlier won a gold in team event for Manipur.
Having clinched the team gold in sabre, I Surendro Singh of Services quelled the challenge of KP Gishonidhi (Tamil Nadu) for the individual gold.
VS Jamwal (Services) and Rashid Ahmed (Jammu & Kashmir) won the bronze medals in this event.
Kerala's CA Bhavani Devi, who had earlier won the sabre team gold, knocked out statemate Reesha Puthussery for the individual title as Punjab duo of Komalpreet Shukla and Kawaljeet Kaur settled for bronze medals.
Manipur reigned supreme in fencing with a tally of six gold, three silver and three bronze medals followed by Services (4-1-1) and Kerala (2-2-1) .
weightlifting (Jamshedpur): The Services Sports Control Board men and Manipur women dominated the weightlifting events winning gold medals in different categories at Tata Auditorium on Wednesday.
Continuing his winning streak on the second day, CWG gold medalist K Ravi Kumar of the SSCB set a new Games record in Clean and Jerk in the 69kg event.
Ravi Kumar lifted a total of 286kg.He also topped the chart with a 120kg lift in the snatch.
Pasam Rambabu, a gold medalist in the inter-state weightlifting championship held in Udaipur, finished second with a total lift
of 263kg.The other competitor Gaurav Dubey of Uttar Pradesh did not turn up for the competition as he failed to meet the required weight.
Earlier, S Deva Kumar of SSCB made a National Games record in the 56kg category, lifting 122 kg in snatch moments after N Sunil Kumar of Tamil Nadu lifted 121kg in the same event on Tuesday.
The previous record was held by M Arun of Tamil Nadu, who had lifted 120kg in snatch at Imphal in February, 1999 .
In the women's 58kg competition, M Sunibala Devi (Manipur) clinched the gold with a total lift of 180kg including snatch 78kg and clean and jerk 102kg.Sunibala Devi was closely followed by host Jharkhand's Premeshori Devi, who lifted 80kg in snatch and 99kg in clean and jerk to accumulate total 179kg.Karnataka's Chandra Shouri D, with a total lift of 176kg, stood third.
She lifted 79kg in snatch and 97kg in clean and jerk.
Manipur girls H Shaya Devi won the gold in 53kg category while her teammate Kh.
Sanjita Chanu bagged the silver in the 48kg category.
Medal shortage: In another embarrassment of sorts for the organisers of the National Games, the medal ceremony for the table tennis team events could not be held because of insufficient medals.
Announcements were made on official channel but the ceremony scheduled at the Thakur Vishwanath Shahdeo Indoor Stadium in Mega Sports Complex had to be postponed to February 25 after the organisers informed the bloomer to the competition director VK Bawa.
Bawa said that as per the ITTF protocol, a medal ceremony follows the team finals but it could not be held here for a "silly" reason.
"It's really a big embarrassment since I had made all the arrangements.
All the dignitaries were there to present the medals.
But we were told by (SM) Hashmi (Secretary General of the Games) that there was some shortage of bronze medals," Bawa said.
"I was told that they were bringing the medals from Kolkata and it's on the way.
It really sounds silly as they could have easily brought them in advance," he said.
He further said that the Table Tennis Federation of India had informed the organisers about the medal requirements and schedule in advance.
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