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National Games 2025 Day 3: Parth Mane wins gold, Bindyarani Devi breaks Mirabai's national record – Highlights
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Indian shooter Arjun Babuta
The 38th edition of the National Games entered the third day of competition on Friday. There were medals on offer in events ranging from shooting to rugby today in the state of Uttarakhand.
Former world champion Rudrankksh Patil and Paris Olympics fourth-place finisher Arjun Babuta were left behind by 17-year-old Parth Mane in the men's 10m air rifle final whereas Bindyrani bettered Mirabai Chanu's Snatch NR in 55 Kg.
As it happened:
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- 31 Jan 2025 8:15 AM GMT
Wushu: Anjul Namdeo wins the men's Jiasnshu (Taolu) title for Services
Men's Jiasnshu (Taolu) Medalists
Gold - Anjul Namdeo - Services
Silver - Harshit Sharma - Uttarakhand
Bronze - Davnam Parth - Chhattisgarh
Women's Jiasnshu (Taolu) Medalists
Gold - Mercy Ngaimong - Arunachal Pradesh
Silver - Bhumi - Delhi
Bronze - Ankita - Uttarakhand
- 31 Jan 2025 7:59 AM GMT
Weightlifting: Bindyarani Devi wins the women's 55 kg gold medal with a new NR
Bindyarani breaks Mirabai Chanu's snatch national record by lifting an 88 Kg lift in snatch to clinch the gold medal for Maipur in women's 55 kg weight class with a total of 201 Kg.
- 31 Jan 2025 7:25 AM GMT
Diving: Surajit Rajbanshi wins the gold medal at the men's 3m Springboard event
Surajit Rajbanshi of Services clinched the men's 3m Springboard title with scores of 330.10. London Singh made it double for the Services by winning a silver medal at the event.
Medalists
Gold - Surajit Rajbanshi - Servies
Silver - London Singh - Services
Bronze - Abhishek U - Tamil Nadu
- 31 Jan 2025 6:30 AM GMT
Beach Handball Women's: Haryana dominates Kerala to clinch the gold medal
Haryana's women's team clinched the women's beach handball title with a dominating two-set win against Kerala in the final.
Meanwhile, the bronze medal went in the favour of Chhattisgarh who got better of Assam in a two-set encounter at the bronze medal playoff.
- 31 Jan 2025 6:20 AM GMT
Beach Handball Men's: Services edges past Uttarakhand to clinch the gold medal
Services men's handball team won the gold medal at Beach Handball after a close three-set win against the hosts Uttarakhand in the final.
On the other hand, the Uttar Pradesh men's team settled for the bronze medal. They defeated Rajasthan in another close three-set encounter in the bronze medal playoff.
- 31 Jan 2025 5:20 AM GMT
Shooting: Parth Mane wins the men's 10m air rifle gold medal
Parth, representing Maharashtra, clinched the gold medal in the men's 10m air rifle with a good score of 252.6. He finished ahead of the renowned names like Rudrankksh Patil and Arjun Babuta.
Medalists
Gold - Parth Mane - Maharashtra
Silver - Rudrankksh Patil - Maharashtra
Bronze - Kiran Jadhav - Services
- 31 Jan 2025 4:28 AM GMT
Karnataka top the medal chart
At the end of day 2, Karnataka were on the top of the medal tally with seven gold medals, one higher than Manipur. A total of 111 medals have already been awarded in the competition.
Check out the complete medal tally here.
- 31 Jan 2025 4:26 AM GMT
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