Khelo India Beach Games 2025: Nagaland, Manipur stand out in
Khelo India Beach Games 2025: Nagaland, Manipur stand out in pencak silat; local hero Bendre grabs another gold
Nagaland and Manipur picked up 2 gold medals each to catch the biggest haul of the day in the pencak silat competitions on the 4th day of the Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2025
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— Nagaland and Manipur picked up two gold medals each to catch the biggest
haul of the day in the pencak silat competitions on the fourth day of the Khelo
India Beach Games (KIBG) 2025 at the scenic Ghoghla beach in Diu on Thursday.
With eight gold medals up for grabs in the tanding
(combat) category, the fights started on Thursday morning and by afternoon
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Maharashtra, Delhi, and Jammu and
Kashmir walked away with one gold each.
Tanding is the only category in pencak silat that is
combative, meaning where states and UTs fight each other. The rest of the
categories are artistic where players rely on their movements, posture, grace,
etc. to woo the judges. So, since tanding is combative, it can get bloody at
times as it did in the first final of the day which was the under 45kg male
category.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu’s Prasanna Narendra
Bendre struck Uttar Pradesh’s Prashant in the mouth right at the end of the
third and final round with his feet. Bendre was penalised five points for that
but it could not stop him from winning his second gold of the competition.
Bendre, the local hero, took the contest 45-21.
In the second final of the day which was the under 45kg
female category, Dolly Leishangthem of Manipur won a close contest 13-12
against Chandigarh’s Reena. Then in the Class A 45-50kg male category, Jon of
Nagaland upset one of the top names in the competition, Maharashtra’s
Ramchandra Deepak Badak. Jon dispatched Ramchandra 22-15.
Thounaojam Rita Chanu of Manipur beat Gaytri Negi of
Uttarakhand 18-9 in the Class A 45-50kg female category. The fight was closer
than the scoreline suggests but Negi was penalised five points for hitting
Chanu in the head which is forbidden as per the rules and regulations of
tanding.
Shivam of Delhi then saw off Eshubharti of Uttarakhand
29-18 in the Senior Male Class B 50-55kg to help Delhi to their second gold in
pencak silat. The previous gold was won by a trio of Delhi girls in the Regu
Senior female category.
In the next final (Senior Male Class C 55-60kg), Sajad
Ahmad Beigh of Jammu and Kashmir dismissed Sohil Gurung of Odisha and the
latter failed to score a single point to lose the contest 9-0.
Then in the second last final of the day, Jayashri
Kailash Shetye of Maharashtra beat Hatneinem Khongsai of Nagaland comfortably
24-8 in the Senior Female Class B 50-55kg. In the last final of the day, Liike
Kibami of Nagaland beat Hijam Merina Devi of Manipur 26-17 in the Senior Female
Class C 50-55kg.
Brief results (all
finals):
Senior Male Under 45kg final: Prasanna Narendra Bendre
(Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 45-8 Prashant (Uttar Pradesh),
Bronze: Samyek Vinod Marchande (Maharashtra) and Kartik Patel (Uttarakhand)
Senior Female Under 45kg final: Dolly Leishangthem (Manipur)
13-12 Reena (Chandigarh), Bronze: Metapao (Arunachal Pradesh) and Shijina K
(Kerala)
Senior Male Class A 45-50kg final: Jon (Nagaland) 22-15
Ramchandra Deepak Badak (Maharashtra), Bronze: Atta Tayung (Arunachal Pradesh)
and Kunal Rathee (Haryana)
Senior Female Class A 45-50kg final: Thounaojam Rita
Chanu (Manipur) 18-9 Gaytri Negi (Uttarakhand), Bronze: Tap Menia (Arunachal
Pradesh) and Mafi (Haryana)
Senior Male Class B 50-55kg final: Shivam (Delhi) 29-18
Eshubharti (Uttarakhand), Bronze: Tipu Patir (Assam) and Sudhanshu Srivastava
(Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu)
Senior Male Class C 55-60kg final: Sajad Ahmad Beigh
(Jammu and Kashmir) 9-0 Sohil Gurung (Odisha), Bronze: Likha Oum (Arunachal
Pradesh) and Anmol Yadav (Uttar Pradesh)
Senior Female Class B 50-55kg final: Jayashri Kailash
Shetye (Maharashtra) 24-8 Hatneinem Khongsai (Nagaland), Bronze: Bamangyape
(Arunachal Pradesh) and Khushboo (Delhi)
Senior Female Class C 55-60kg final: Like Kibani
(Nagaland) 26-17 Hijam Merina Devi (Manipur), Bronze: Shailja Kamal Vavia
(Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu) and Varsha Kumari (Haryana).
