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Sathiyan clinches table tennis gold
Khade wins 100m freestyle gold
Soumi Mondal bags bronze in table tennis
PUNE: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran of India clinched the men’s singles table tennis gold while Virdhawal Khade picked another gold and a silver in the third Commonwealth Youth Games at the Shiv Chatrapathi Sports Complex here on Thursday.
The 15-year-old Gnanasekaran, a trainee of V. Chandrasekhar, former national champion, pulled off a dramatic 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9 win over teammate Soumyajit Ghosh in the final.
“It was a great feeling to be the champion here,” he said. “It was a tough final and I had to put my best foot forward especially against a very good friend and rival,” said Gnanasekaran, who earlier knocked out World Junior No. 12 Shen Qiang of Canada in the semifinals.
It was Gnanasekaran’s remarkable composure against a comparatively flamboyant opponent that held him in good stead. Soumyajit came up with some telling forehand smashes, but was also erratic.
India also picked a bronze in the women’s singles when Soumi Mondal defeated Neha Aggarwal 11-8, 10-12, 8-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-8.
In the pool, Khade provided the cheers winning the 100m freestyle with a new Games record timing of 49.47 and a silver in the 100m butterfly (54.01).
Tejaswini claims bronzeTejaswini Muley claimed a bronze in shooting in the 50m rifle three position event for women with an aggregate score of 646.90.
The results: Swimming: 100m freestyle: 1. Virdhawal Khade (Ind) 49.47, 2. Ryan Napoleon (Aus) 50.65, 3. Thomas Barrett (Aus) 51.05.
100m butterfly: 1. Lachian Staples (Aus) 53.63, 2. Virdhawal Khade (Ind) 54.01, 3. Daniel Scott (Scot) 54.086.
Table tennis: Semifinals: Men: Singles: S. Gnanasekaran (Ind) bt Shen Qiang (Can) 11-9, 12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7; Soumyajit Ghosh bt Frank Robert (Aus) 4-11, 11-9, 14-12, 11-6, 11-4.
Women: Singles: Final: Siyun Isabelle Li (Sin) bt Zena Kai Xin Sim (Sin) 11-6, 9-11, 11-3, 11-7, 8-11, 11-1.
Semifinals: Siyun Isabelle Li (Sin) bt Neha Agarwal (Ind) 11-5, 11-6, 11-6, 11-9; Zena Kai Xin Sim (Sin) bt Soumi Mondal (Ind) 16-14, 12-10, 11-4, 11-4.
Shooting: 50m rifle 3-position: Women: 1. Sheree Cox (Eng) 653.80, Jennifer McIntosh (Scot) 648.4, M. Tejaswini (Ind) 646.90.
Boxing: Semifinals: Light flyweight: Nanao Singh Thokchom (Ind) bt Eddie Nganga (Ken) on pts 18-2. Flyweight: James Dickens (Eng) bt Sunil Sadhu (Ind) on pts 9-6. Bantamweight: John Quigley (Eng) bt V. Durga Rao (Ind) on pts 14-3. Lightweight: Sean Duffy (NIR) bt Neeraj Goyal (Ind) on pts 14-7. Light welter: Shantosh Virothu (Ind) bt Robert McKee (Scot) on pts 15-4. Welter weight: Balwinder Beniwal (Ind) bt Jesse Ross (Aus) on pts 14-2. Middle weight: S. Satinder (Ind) bt Kirk Garvey (Eng) on pts 2-1.
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