South Asian Games: India continues domination to cross 100-medal mark

Arun S Kaimal

India continued their domination for the fourth successive day at the 12th South Asian Games in Guwahati and Shillong as the hosts added 25 gold, 16 silver and 4 bronze to take their overall medal tally to 124. Track-and-field, swimming and archery were the main contributors to India’s medal tally on day 4.

World No. 9 archer Deepika Kumari, who received the Padma Shri recently, led the Indian charge with 3 Golds - in the Individual women's recurve, the Women's team event and the Mixed Recurve event.

Track & field events proved to be the major contributor on the day with 14 medals, but it was aquatics that pushed India's gold rush further ahead with 7 yellow metals.

1. Athletics – 5 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze

                1. Man Singh – Gold – Men’s 5000m

                2. Neeraj Kumar – Gold –Men’s Hammer throw

                3. Surya L – Gold – Women’s 5000m

                4. Mayookha Johny – Gold – Women’s Long jump

                5. Manpreeth Kaur Sr – Gold – Women’s Shot put

                6. Manpreeth Kaur Jr – Silver - Women’s Shot put

                7. Shrada Gule Bhaskar – Silver - Women’s Long jump

                8. Swathy Gadhave – Silver - Women’s 5000m

                9. Dutee Chand – Silver – Women’s 100m

                10. Suresh Kumar Patil – Silver – Men’s 5000m 

                11. Thejeswar Sankar – Silver – Men’s High Jump

                12. Gomathi M – Bronze – Women’s 800m

                13. Srabani Nanda – Bronze – Women’s 100m

                14. Ajay Kumar – Bronze - Men’s High Jump

2. Swimming – 7 gold, 4 silver

                1. Saurabh Sangvekar – Gold - Men's 400m Freestyle

                2. V Malvika – Gold - Women's 400m Freestyle]

                3. Sajan Prakash – Gold - Men's 200m Butterfly

                4. Damini Gowda – Gold - Women's 200m Butterfly

                5. PS Madhu – Gold - Men's 50m Backstroke

                6. Men’s Team – Gold - Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

                7. Women’s Team – Gold - Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

                8. Sajan Prakash – Silver - Men's 400m Freestyle

`               9. Shivani Kataria – Silver - Women's 400m Freestyle

                10. M Arvind – Silver - Men's 50m Backstroke

                11. Maana Patel – Silver - Women's 50m Backstroke

3. Archery – 5 gold, 2 silver

                1. Mixed Team – Gold – Recurve Mixed Team

                2. Men’s Team – Gold – Recurve Men’s Team

                3. Women’s Team – Gold – Recurve Women’s Team

                4. Deepika Kumari – Gold - Recurve Women's Individual

                5. Tarundeep Rai – Gold - Recurve Men's Individual

                6. Gurucharan Besra – Silver - Recurve Men's Individual

                7. Laishram Bombayla Devi – Silver - Recurve Women's Individual      

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4. Cycling – 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze

                1. Bidayuluxmi Tourangbam – Gold - Women's 80Km Individual Road Race

                2. Lidiyamol Sunny – Silver - Women's 80Km Individual Road Race

                3. Pankaj Kumar – Silver - Men's 100Km Individual Road Race

                4. Geethu Raj N – Bronze - Women's 80Km Individual Road Race

5. Volleyball – 2 gold

                1. Women’s Team – Gold – Women’s Team Event

                2. Men’s Team – Gold – Men’s Team Event

6. Wushu – 1 gold

                1. Chirag Sharma – Gold – Men’s Taolu- Daushu & Gunshu

7. Weightlifting – 1 gold, 1 silver

                1. Sushila Panwar – Gold - Women's 75+ Kg

                2. Gurdeep Singh – Silver - Men's 105+ Kg

8. Kho Kho – 2 gold

                1. Men’s Team – Gold – Men’s Team Event

                2. Women’s Team – Gold – Women’s Team Event

9. Table Tennis – 1 gold, 1 silver

                1. Anthony Amalraj , Manika Batra – Gold – Mixed Doubles Event

                2. Sathiyan Gunasekaran, Mouma Das – Silver - Mixed Doubles Event

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