National Games 2023: Pranati Nayak, Sanyukta Kale shine in gymnastics with three gold medals each

Maharashtra dominated Modern Pentathlon medal tally with five gold medals each.

Sanyukta Kale of Maharashtra and Pranati Nayak of Odisha shone in the gymnastic arena, securing their third gold medals each, while Maharashtra dominated the Modern Pentathlon medal tally with five gold medals in the National Games 2023.

Rhythmic gymnast Sanyukta Kale won her third gold medal, and Rahil Pakhle secured the women's trampoline gold as Maharashtra continued to dominate gymnastics events at the Peddem Indoor Sports Complex. Sanyukta, who had previously won the rhythmic team and all-around gold medals, clinched the hoop gold, making it three golds in total.

Artistic gymnast Pranati Nayak, who had won gold in the individual all-around category the day before, topped the podium in the vaulting table and uneven bars, bringing her individual gold tally to three.

Yogeshwar Singh of Haryana won his second gold medal of the games in the Men's Floor exercise competition. Manipur secured two gold medals in gymnastics, while Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh opened their gold medal tally in the sport.

In the Triathle event of Modern Pentathlon, Maharashtra achieved a clean sweep, winning all five gold medals on offer. Mayank Chaphekar and Dolly Patil won three gold medals each.

In the weightlifting events at the Campal Sports Village, Nitek Jangid of Rajasthan secured the first gold for his state in this edition of the National Games in the Men's 81 Kg weightlifting competition. In the Women's 71 Kg category, Punjab's Harjinder Kaur lifted an aggregate weight of 201 Kg to win the gold medal. In the Men's 89 Kg category, Gaurav of Chandigarh secured gold by just one kilogram, with a total lift of 319 Kg.

In Netball at the Campal Indoor Stadium, Haryana completed a clean sweep, winning all four gold medals on offer. In Men's Fast 5, Haryana beat Goa 33-22, and in Women's Fast 5, Haryana defeated Punjab 40-15.

In Women's Rugby 7s, Odisha beat Bihar 12-7 to defend their title, while Haryana beat Maharashtra 14-0 to win the gold. In fencing, Punjab secured the gold in the Women's Sabre Team event, with Kerala settling for silver due to an injury. In Men's Individual Sabre, K.P Gishonidhi of SSCB won the gold.

In Men's Epee Individual, Sunil Kumar clinched the gold. The Modern Pentathlon events saw Maharashtra achieve a clean sweep, winning all gold medals in the Triathle Women Team and Mixed Relay categories. In Pencak Silat, Krishna Panchal of Maharashtra won the gold in the Artistic Tunggal Men's category, while Simran from Haryana won the gold in Artistic Tunggal Women's. Maharashtra secured the gold in Artistic Regu Men, and Delhi won the gold in Artistic Regu Women.

In Women's Football, Manipur beat Jharkhand 5-1, and Tamil Nadu drew with West Bengal 0-0 in Pool A.

Important results

Weightlifting

Women’s 71 KG

• Gold: Harjinder Kaur (Punjab)
• Snatch: 88 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 113 Kg
• Total: 201 Kg
• Silver: Trupti Mane (Maharashtra)
• Snatch: 87 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 103 Kg
• Total: 190 Kg
• Bronze: P. Umeshwori Devi (Manipur)
• Snatch: 85 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 104 Kg
• Total: 189 Kg

Men’s 81 KG

• Gold: Nitek Jangid (Rajasthan)
• Snatch: 138 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 179 Kg
• Total: 317 Kg
• Silver: Valluri Ajaya Babu (Madhya Pradesh)
• Snatch: 142 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 173 Kg
• Total: 312 Kg
• Bronze: Abhishek Nipane (Maharashtra)
• Snatch: 136 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 173 Kg
• Total: 309 Kg

Men’s 89 KG

• Gold: Gaurav (Chandigarh)
• Snatch: 140 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 179 Kg
• Total: 319 Kg
• Silver: P.S Marush (SSCB)
• Snatch: 144 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 174 Kg
• Total: 318 Kg
• Bronze: Amarjit Guru (Punjab)
• Snatch: 143 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 174 Kg
• Total: 317 Kg

Women’s 76 Kg

• Gold: Vandana Gupta (Uttar Pradesh)
• Snatch: 91 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 116 Kg
• Total: 207 Kg
• Silver: Harmanpreet Kaur (Punjab)
• Snatch: 81 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 112 Kg
• Total: 193 Kg
• Bronze: S. Chaoba Chanu (Manipur)
• Snatch: 83 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 109 Kg
• Total: 192 Kg

Men’s 96 Kg

• Gold: Harshad Wadekar (Maharashtra)
• Snatch: 148 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 186 Kg
• Total: 335 Kg
• Silver: Jagdish Vishakarma (SSCB)
• Snatch: 147 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 186 Kg
• Total: 333 Kg
• Bronze: Suresh Yadav (Odisha)
• Snatch: 140 Kg
• Clean & Jerk: 181 Kg
• Total: 321 Kg

Gymnastics

Women’s Rhythmic Gymnastics - Hoop Final

• Gold: Samyukta Prasen Kale (Maharashtra) – 26.45
• Silver: Nishka Chintamani Kale (Maharashtra) – 23.45
• Bronze: Life Adlakha (Haryana) – 23.35

Women’s Trampoline Gymnastics

• Gold: Rahi Nitin Pakhle (Maharashtra) – 43.88
• Silver: Sejal Suhas Jadhav (Maharashtra) – 41.20
• Bronze: Anvitha Sachin (Kerala) – 40.70

Aerobic Gymnastics

Individual Men

• Gold: Meet Preshbhai Kosambia (Gujarat) – 18.90
• Silver: Arya Pavan Shah (Maharashtra) – 18.45
• Bronze: Nilay Biswas (West Bengal) – 16.60

Individual Women

• Gold: Ariha Pangambam (Manipur) – 17.60
• Silver: Majida Khatun (West Bengal) – 17.20
• Bronze: Sakshi Makarand Dongre (Maharashtra) – 16.95

Mixed Pair

• Gold: Adwait Amol Vaze, Radha Mahesh Soni (Maharashtra) – 16.35
• Silver: Abdul Hamid Chowdhury, Sahina Gupta (West Bengal) – 15.95
• Bronze: Nishant Rajendra Chauhan, Prakruti Kamal Shinde (Gujarat) – 15.30

Trio Final

• Gold: Anjori Pangambam, Ariha Pangambam, Leishilembi Chagungbam (Manipur) – 17.22
• Silver: Arya Pavan Shah, Smit Pavan Shah, Uday Ashok Madhekar (Maharashtra) – 17.10
• Bronze: Anikate Tapan Chakraborty, Joney Kumar, Sandeep Chand Ramola (SSCB) – 16.75

Group Final

• Gold: Maharashtra – 16.60
• Silver: Jammu and Kashmir – 16.65
• Bronze: Gujarat – 14.86

Artistic Gymnastics

Women’s Vaulting Table

• Gold: Pranati Nayak (Odisha) – 12.683
• Silver: Protistha Samanta (Tripura) – 11.884
• Bronze: Swastika Ganguly (West Bengal) – 11.650

Men’s Floor Exercise

• Gold: Yogeshwar Singh (Haryana) – 13.200
• Silver: Ruban Meitei Sanasam (Manipur) – 12.900
• Bronze: Siddharth Verma (Uttar Pradesh) – 12.767

Men’s Pommel Horse

• Gold: Siddharth Verma (Uttar Pradesh) – 13.300
• Silver: Debang Dey (West Bengal) – 12.800
• Bronze: Abhijeet Kumar (SSCB) – 12.400

Women’s Uneven Bars

• Gold: Pranati Nayak (Odisha) – 11.333
• Silver: Pranati Das (West Bengal) – 10.833
• Bronze: Shraddha Sainath Talekar (Maharashtra) – 9.500

Netball

Men’s Fast 5

• Gold Medal Match: Haryana bt Goa – 33-22
• Bronze Medal Match: Karnataka tied Delhi – 35-35 (Joint Winners)
• Semi-Finals: Goa bt Karnataka – 42-41, Haryana bt Delhi – 50-24

Women’s Fast 5

• Gold Medal Match: Haryana bt Punjab – 40-15
• Bronze Medal Match: Kerala tied Tel

angana – 26-26 (Joint Winners)

• Semi-Finals: Punjab bt Kerala 26-25, Haryana bt Telangana – 24-17

Basketball 3x3

Women’s Semi-Finals:

• Telangana bt Madhya Pradesh – 22-08
• Delhi bt Chattisgarh – 21-02

Men’s Semi-Finals:

• Rajasthan bt Madhya Pradesh – 21-18
• Delhi bt Punjab – 21-13

Basketball 5x5

Men’s Semi-Finals:

• Tamil Nadu bt Delhi – 103-74
• Punjab bt Services – 85-68

Women’s Semi-Finals:

• Kerala bt Tamil Nadu – 83-66
• Karnataka bt Uttar Pradesh

Fencing

Women’s Sabre Team

• Gold: Punjab
• Silver: Kerala
• Bronze: Tamil Nadu, Haryana

Men’s Sabre Individual

• Gold: K.P Gishonidhi (SSCB)
• Silver: Karan Singh (Rajasthan)
• Bronze: Abhay Shinde (Maharashtra), Ghorakh Nath Yadav (Uttar Pradesh)

Men’s Epee Individual

• Gold: Sunil Kumar (SSCB)
• Silver: S. Sherjin Rajendran (Tamil Nadu)
• Bronze: Girish Jakate (Maharashtra), Pankaj Kumar Sharma (SSCB)

Modern Pentathlon

Triathle Women Team

• Gold: Maharashtra
• Silver: Madhya Pradesh
• Bronze: Haryana

Triathle Mixed Relay

• Gold: Mayank Vaibhav Chaphekar, Dolly Devidas Patil (Maharashtra)
• Silver: Aadhya Singh, Abhishek Modanwal (Madhya Pradesh)
• Bronze: Khushi Borkar, Suraj Velip (Goa)

Triathle Men

• Gold: Mayank Vaibhav Chaphekar (Maharashtra)
• Silver: Parth Sachin Mirage (Maharashtra)
• Bronze: Yash Bathre (Madhya Pradesh)

Triathle Men Team

• Gold: Maharashtra
• Silver: Madhya Pradesh
• Bronze: Goa

Triathle Women

• Gold: Dolly Devidas Patil (Maharashtra)
• Silver: Aadhya Singh (Madhya Pradesh)
• Bronze: Mugdhaa Wavhal (Maharashtra)

Rugby 7s

Men’s Gold Medal Match:

• Haryana bt Maharashtra – 14-0Men’s Bronze Medal Match:
• Odisha bt Maharashtra – 10-0Women’s Gold Medal Match:
• Odisha bt Bihar – 12-7Women’s Bronze Medal Match:
• West Bengal bt Maharashtra – 12-10

Pencak Silat

Artistic Tunggal Men’s

• Gold: Krishna Panchal (Maharashtra)
• Silver: Raja Das (West Bengal)
• Bronze: Abhishek Gautham (Delhi), Ravees Ahamad (Jammu & Kashmir)

Artistic Tunggal Women’s

• Gold: Simran (Haryana)
• Silver: Kirnakshi Yewale (Maharashtra)
• Bronze: Heena Kusar (Goa), Megha Gaur (Delhi)

Artistic Regu Men

• Gold: Maharashtra
• Silver: Odisha
• Bronze: Uttarakhand, Goa

Artistic Regu Women

• Gold: Delhi
• Silver: Haryana
• Bronze: Nagaland, Punjab

Women’s Football

• Pool A: Manipur bt Jharkhand – 5-1
• Pool A: Tamil Nadu drew West Bengal – 0-0