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Neelama Malligwad bags a treble

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Mysore: Neelama Malligwad of KSP notched up a fine treble in the cycling event of the ongoing State Olympic Games at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium here on Saturday. Neelama won the 500 metres time trial, the 3 kilometre individual pursuit and the 10km point race in the women’s section.

Inclement weather played havoc with the penultimate day’s schedule. The downpour forced a delayed start in the cycling and handball events and even the basketball tournament was delayed with a leak in the indoor stadium sending the organisers scurrying for cover.

The one game that went on despite the rains was the hockey tournament. Meanwhile the basketball semifinals would be completed late and only one semifinal in the men’s section was completed with Army Service Corps beating Karnataka State Police 77-58. Nixon (19) and Prasad (16) shone for the winner, while Mahesh (25) played gallant ly for the loser.

Mysore won the men’s title in the hockey tournament. In a keenly contested match, Mysore ran up two goals in quick succession through Hemachandra Raju (11th) and Vinod (16th). The home team held on to the lead till Taranath (44th) pulled one back for Hassan. The visitor had to be content with the silver medal. In the match for the third and fourth place, Hubli beat Gadag 2-1.

Herculean tussle

In the women’s section of the hockey tournament, it was a Herculean tussle for the title with Mysore and Hassan playing out a 2-2 draw in the regulation time. The tiebreaker also saw the scores level at 7-7 and Mysore won in the sudden death 9-8. The third place was bagged by Bellary which thrashed Bangalore (North) 7-1.

The results: Hockey: Men’s final: Mysore bt Hassan 2-1.

Women’s final: Mysore bt Hassan 9-8 (sudden death); regulation time 2-2.

Handball: Finals (Men): Mysore bt Bangalore 33-32 (2nd extra time); regulation time 29-29; 1st extra time 32-32.

Women: Bangalore bt Mysore 12-10.

Cycling: Women: 500m time trial: Neelama Malligawad (KSP) 46.50s; 3km individual pursuit: Neelama Malligwad 5m.1.78s; 10km point race: Neelama Malligwad (15 pts).

Men: 1km time trial: Thangappa Kurani (Bagalkot) 1.29.70s; 4km individual pursuit: N. Lokesh (Mys) 5m.53.78s; 4km team pursuit: Bagalkot Dist (Sangappa Kurni, Mahadev Kurni, Dasharath Hirekubur & Jagadish Kadkol) 6m.17.10s.

Friday’s weightlifting results: Women: 75 kg: Ranjitha (SAI, B’lore) (60+91) 151kg; 75+kg: N. Kavya (Vivekananda BC) (77+89) 166kg.

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