• Tejas Ashok Shirse of Maharashtra breaks the 110 M Hurdles Games Record
Goa, October 30th, 2023: Priyanka Goswami of Uttar Pradesh broke the games record to win the gold in the 20 KM Race Walk event in the athletics competition of the 37th National Games held in the morning at the Athletics Stadium, Bambolim.
Priyanka finished in 1:36:35 sec breaking the record of Munita Prajapati, who won the bronze medal. Maharashtra’s Sejal Anil Singh finished in 1:41:13 sec to win the silver. Tejas Ashok Shirse of Maharashtra also eclipsed the games record in the 110 M Hurdles in the heats to qualify with the fastest time for the final, stopping the clock at 13.80 sec. Siddhant Thingalaya held the earlier record of 13.83 made at the 2015 National Games in Kerala.
In the men’s 20 Km walk, Suraj Panwar of Uttarakhand won gold with a timing of 1:27:43 sec. SSCB’s Servin won the silver with a timing of 1:41:13 sec and Hardeep of Haryana won the bronze in 1:42:24 sec. In Table Tennis competition at the Campal Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, West Bengal beat Assam and Delhi beat Maharashtra to book their places in the finals of the Men’s Team event. West Bengal got the better of Assam 3-1, with Anirban Ghosh, Ankur Bhattacharya and Jeet Chandra winning their singles matches.
In the other semi-final Delhi beat Maharashtra 3-2 for a place in the finals. Sudhanshu Grover beat experienced campaigner Sanil Shetty in the all-important fourth game to stretch the game to the decider.
In the decider, Yashansh Malik beat Siddhesh Pande in four sets to send Delhi to the finals. In the women’s semi-finals, Haryana comprehensively beat West Bengal 3-0 without dropping a single game while Maharashtra beat Madhya Pradesh 3-0 for a place in the finals.
In Billiards and Snooker at the Peddem Sports Complex, vastly experienced B. Bhaskar of Karnataka beat Rohan Jambhusaria of Maharashtra in the final to win the gold medal. Aamer Hussain of West Bengal and Ketan Chawla of Madhya Pradesh won the bronze medals.
Important Results:
Athletics – 20 KM Race Walk Women
Gold – Priyanka Goswami (Uttar Pradesh) – 1:36:35 s
Silver – Sejal Anil Singh (Maharashtra) – 1:41:13 s
Bronze – Munita Prajapati (Uttar Pradesh) – 1:42:24 s
20 KM Race Walk Men
Gold – Suraj Panwar (Uttarakhand) – 1:27:43 s
Silver – Servin (SSCB) – 1:27:44 s
Bronze – Hardeep (Haryana) – 1:28:27 s
Table Tennis Men’s Semi-Finals – West Bengal beat Assam – 3-1 (Jeet Chandra beat Shankab Boruah 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9, Anirban Ghosh lost to Priyanuj Bhattacharyya 11-7, 5-11, 6-11, 9-11, Ankur Bhattacharya beat Anil Kashyap 11-3, 11-9, 11-6, Anirban Ghosh beat Shankab Borua 11-8, 11-9, 11-5)
Delhi beat Maharashtra – 3-2 (Sudhanshu Grover beat Siddhesh Pande 12-10, 12-10, 14-12, Yashansh Malik lost to Sanil Shetty 6-11, 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, Aadarsh Om Chhetri lost to Deepit Patil 4-11, 9-11, 10-12, Sudhanshu Grover beat Sanil Shetty 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5, Yashansh Malik beat Siddhesh Pande 12-10, 11-5, 5-11, 12-10).
Women’s Semi-Finals
Maharashtra beat Madhya Pradesh – 3-0 (Diya Chitale beat R.B. Niveditha – 11-7, 11-4, 11-7, Swastika Ghosh beat Anusha Kutumbale -11-4, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, Anannya Basak beat Himani Chaturvedi -11-4, 11-9, 11-7)
Haryana beat West Bengal – 3-0 (Prithoki Chakraborty beat Poymantee Baisya -11-9, 12-10, 11-8, Suhana Saini beat Mouma Das – 11-9, 11-4, 11-9, Anjali Rohilla beat Takeme Sarkar – 11-6, 11-4, 11-3)
Hockey
Pool A: Haryana beat Tamil Nadu – 8-0, West Bengal beat Odisha – 1-1
Pool B: Jharkhand beat Goa – 4-0
Women’s Football
Pool B: Haryana beat Chandigarh – 1-0
Tennis Women’s Team Group Stages
Gujarat beat Goa – 2-0
Maharashtra beat Haryana – 2-0
Telangana beat Delhi – 2-0
Billiards & Snooker Billiards Men
Gold – B. Bhaskar (Karnataka)
Silver – Rohan Jambhusaria (Maharashtra)
Bronze – Aamer Hussain (West Bengal) Ketan Chawla (Madhya Pradesh)
15 Red Snooker Men
Gold – Paras Gupta (Uttar Pradesh)
Silver – Mushtaque Khan (Telangana)
Bronze – Anuj Uppal (Delhi) Rajat Khaneja (Haryana)
15 Red Snooker Women Gold – Amee Kamani (Uttar Pradesh) Silver – Varsha Sanjeev (Karnataka) Bronze – Anupama Ramachandran (Tamil Nadu) Aanya Patel (Gujarat)
About National Games:
The 37th National Games Goa 2023 is a prestigious sporting event aimed at promoting sportsmanship and unity across India. It will feature 43 sports disciplines with over 10,000+ athletesthat will compete from 28 Indian States, eight Union Territories and Services. The event will take place from October 26th to November 9th, 2023, at 28 venues across Goa, India.