India sweep Triathlon Gold
PTI
GUWAHATI FEBRUARY 14
India on Sunday bagged the top spot in the triathlon mixed relay team event and swept the Gold medals in the discipline in the 12th South Asian Games here. The Nepal team won the team Silver, while Sri Lanka bagged the Bronze.
The Indian team of Pallavi Retiwala, Dilip Kumar, Thoudam Sarojini Devi and Dhiraj Sawant won the Gold with a combined timing of 1:24:31 on the final day of triathlon competitions at the Sarusajai Sports Complex here.
Today's Gold was the second for Dilip and Pallavi as they had won the yellow metal each in the men's and women's individual events on Saturday.
India thus swept all the three Gold medals on offer in the discipline. India had also won two Silver, one each in the men's and individual events through Guru Datta and Pooja Chaurushi respectively.
Today's mixed team relay had 300 metres swimming, 60 kilometres cycling and 1.2 kilometres running events.
Each team has two men and two women and they have to compete in all the three events. In a team, a woman will start the proceedings followed by a man and then a woman and so on.
Mary Kom, 5 others in final
PTI
SHILLONG, FEBRUARY 14
London Olympics bronze-medallist M C Mary Kom led the charge as six Indian boxers stormed into the final with comprehensive wins in the first session of semifinals in the 12th South Asian Games on Sunday.
On a comeback trail after recovering from an injury, the five-time world champion Mary Kom's 51kg category bout lasted less than 40 seconds as she was adjudged winner via Technical Knockout.
After Mary landed some powerful blows her Bangladeshi opponent Shamina Akter rarely stepped forward and had a full crouch stance all the while trying to cover-up at the SAI campus in North Eastern Hill University on the outskirts of the city. Sri Lanka's first woman boxer to win a gold in Asian Championship, Anusha Kodituwakku Dilrukshi, will stand in the way of the celebrated Indian boxer for the 51kg gold medal women's final Tuesday.
Anusha had little trouble getting past her Nepalese opponent Gurung Minu as she was adjudged 3-0 winner by the three judges.
In the men's competition, Glasgow Commonwealth silver- medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg) started the proceedings for India when he did well to dodge Thiwana Ranasinghe's open hooks to win a tight first round 29-28. Devendro did well to win the next two rounds with ease to be adjudged 3-0 winner in the 49kg. World championship bronze-medallist Shiva Thapa (56kg) had the height disadvantage against Mohammad Ohiduzzaman of Bangladesh but the Assamese boxer did well to defend himself before landing some powerful jabs with a tactical gameplan.
"I ensured that he did not take advantage of his height and the gameplan worked well for me," he said after his 3-0 win.
He will take on W Ruwan Thilina of Sri Lanka in the gold medal fight tomorrow.
2011 World Championship Vikas Krishan outclassed his Afghanistan opponent Folad S Wali Shah 3-0 win in 75kg.
2010 Commonwealth Games gold-medallist and 2012 London Olympics quarterfinalist Manoj Kumar (64kg) prevailed over Tshering Wangchuk of Bhutan with an identical scoreline to make the final.
• Mary Kom's bout lasted less than 40 seconds as she was adjudged winner via Technical Knockout.
• Vikas Krishan outclassed his Afghanistan opponent Folad S Wali Shah 3-0 win in 75kg.
• Manoj Kumar (64kg) prevailed over Tshering Wangchuk of Bhutan
