Assam win seven medals on a single day in 36th National Games

Our Sports Reporter

GUWAHATI: There was a good haul of medals for Assam on day III in the 36th National Games at Gujarat today. Assam altogether collected seven medals on Saturday which included three gold, three silvers and one bronze.

Amlan Borgohain, who had pegged the National Games men's 100m record at 10.28 seconds in the semifinals on Friday, was a tenth of a second slower in the final but he was still clear of the Tamil Nadu pair of VK Elakiyadasan and B Siva Kumar to win the gold medal. However Hima Das upset everyone as the sprinter failed to finish among the top three in the women's 100mt race.

Among the other medals Assam won four in Lawn Bowls and one each in weightlifting and cycling.

Results: Men 100m: Gold: Amlan Borgohain (Assam) 10.38 seconds.

Cycling: Scratch Race (10km): Silver: Chayanika Gogoi (Assam).

Lawn Bowls: Men's Pairs: Gold: Assam (Mridul Bora and Ruptu Gogoi) beat Delhi (Navneet Singh and Ayush Bhardwaj) 18-16. Men's Triples: Gold-Assam: (Ananda Kumar Narzary, Putul Sonowal and Mridul Borgogain) beat West Bengal (Samit Malhotra, Akshat Musaddi and Karan Chowdhury) 25-6. Women's Singles: Bronze medal play-off: Nayanmoni Saikia (Assam) beat Beena Shah (West Bengal) 21-10. Women's Fours: Silver- Assam: (Bangita Hazarika, Adinita Kakoty, Ananys Saika, Tania Choudhary) lost to Jharkhand 11-23. (Weightlifting) Women-(59kg class): Silver-Popy Hazarika (Assam).

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