WEIGHTLIFTING
Weightlifting Nationals: Gyaneshwari wins 53kg gold, Koyel smashes 5 nationwide information
Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched the 53kg senior gold medal whereas Koyel Bor smashed 5 nationwide information throughout the youth and junior sections on the Nationwide Weightlifting Championships right here on Friday.
Representing All India Police, Gyaneshwari, a Commonwealth Championships gold medallist, lifted a complete of 186kg (83 kg+103kg) to take house the senior gold.
West Bengal’s Koyel was a kilogram behind Gyaneshwari as she heaved a complete of 185kg (83kg+102kg), smashing three new nationwide information in Youth part. She surpassed the earlier mark of 78 kg in snatch, 99 kg in clear and jerk and 175 kg in total whole.
She additionally registered two junior nationwide information, surpassing 81 kg in snatch and 181 kg in total whole.
Veerjeet Kaur of Railways Sports activities Management Board rounded out the rostrum with a complete of 182kg (81kg+101kg).
Outcomes
The outcomes (winners solely): Girls: 53kg: Elite: Gyaneshwari Yadav snatch 83kg, clear and jerk 103kg, whole 186kg; Junior and Youth: Koyel Bar (WB) 83kg, 102kg, 185kg.
– PTI
GOLF
Kochhar prime Indian after two rounds in Manila
Indian golfer Karandeep Kochhar shot a positive 69 within the second spherical to be Tied-Thirteenth on the midway stage of the Philippine Golf Championship in Manila on Friday.
Kochhar, who opened with a modest 74, had 5 birdies towards two bogeys within the second spherical as 4 of the 5 Indians within the subject made the reduce.
The others who ensured weekend motion had been Shaurya Bhattacharya, who shot 71-74 and was T-31, whereas Shubham Jaglan (77-70) was T-53 and Ajeetesh Sandhu (72-75) was additionally T-53.
Rashid Khan (75-74) missed the reduce which fell at 4 over.
Korea’s Jeunghun Wang shot two-under-par 70 and was tied for the lead with compatriot Wooyoung Cho (70), Thailand’s Sarut Vongchaisit (71) and Australian Travis Smyth (69). They had been all 5-under after 36 holes within the season opening occasion on the Asian Tour.
Modest begins for Sandhu, Sharma as Reed continues his positive run in Qatar
Indian golfers Yuvraj Sandhu and Shubhankar Sharma made modest begins on the Qatar Masters at the same time as Patrick Reed continued his wonderful run on the DP World Tour in Doha.
Sandhu (72), with a good par spherical, was T-70, whereas Sharma (73) was T-85.
Reed and Daniel Hillier share a one-stroke lead after opening with rounds of 65 at Doha Golf Membership.
The 2018 Masters champion Reed sits in pole place on the Worldwide Swing rankings after profitable a maiden Rolex Collection title on the Hero Dubai Desert Basic earlier than following it up with a runner-up end on the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship final week.
He continued his wealthy vein of type in Qatar as he moved to seven underneath par to set the preliminary clubhouse goal.
Sandhu was 2-over by way of 15 holes earlier than again to again birdies introduced some semblance of order to his spherical.
Sharma had 4 birdies towards three bogeys and a double, as each Indians confronted the hazard of an early exit.
Reed, ranging from the tenth, made the right begin with three consecutive birdies. A bogey and one other birdie meant his first par didn’t come till his sixth gap, the fifteenth, and he had solely two in an outward 9 of 31 due to additional features on the sixteenth and seventeenth.
He birdied the primary, fourth and seventh earlier than dropping a shot on the par three eighth gap.
There was a robust Scandinavian presence within the chasing pack, with Sweden’s Marcus Kinhult, Dane Jacob Skov Olesen and Finland’s Oliver Lindell all at six underneath.
They had been joined late within the day by Spain’s Angel Ayora and Italy’s Gregorio De Leo, the latter ending his spherical with a bogey on the ninth gap to disclaim him a share of the lead.
One other Swede, Joakim Lagergren, was 5 underneath alongside New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori.
Padraig Harrington reached a serious profession milestone on the Qatar Masters, making his five hundredth begin on the DP World Tour — changing into simply the fiftieth participant in Tour historical past to attain the feat greater than 30 years after making his debut on the 1995 Smurfit European Open.
– PTI
Jhared makes dream debut on DP World PGTI with five-shot win at Chhattisgarh Open
Jhared Hack of the USA made a dream debut on the DP World PGTI with a thumping five-shot victory on the season-opening Chhattisgarh Open, a Rs 1.5 crore occasion, right here on Friday.
Jhared (63-61-63-59), who was in a single day third and one shot off the lead, produced a sensational last spherical of 10-under 59, the bottom single-round rating ever registered on the Fairway Golf & Lake Resort.
Las Vegas-based Jhared, runner-up eventually week’s DP World PGTI Qualifying Faculty, improved upon the earlier greatest rating of 60 at Naya Raipur, shot by a number of gamers eventually 12 months’s version.
He additionally created a brand new report for the bottom profitable rating by posting an astounding 30-under 246. Final 12 months’s lowest profitable rating was 27-under 249 by Shaurya Bhattacharya.
Twenty-one-year-old Anshul Kabthiyal (62-61-63-65) of India registered his career-best end result after he completed runner-up at a complete of 25-under 251. Anshul, the in a single day joint chief by one shot, got here up with a flawless four-under 65 in spherical 4.
Honey Baisoya (62-61-63-65), the opposite in a single day joint chief, took third place at 23-under 253 following his last spherical of 67.
Kshitij Naveed Kaul (63), teenager Kartik Singh (64) and former PGTI No. 1 Veer Ahlawat (65) took joint fourth place at 22-under 254.
Akshay Sharma, the chief on the primary two days, completed tied seventh at 21-under 255 together with Mohd Azhar.
“I’m very enthusiastic about profitable my very first occasion on the DP World PGTI,” Jhared mentioned in a launch.
“I’m pleased with all of the work I’ve executed behind the scenes that has helped me increase my sport. I’m now wanting ahead to taking part in in all of the completely different programs and situations in India, as I’ve heard loads in regards to the selection that India has to supply when it comes to the programs and climate situations.
“I had an excellent week as I performed some sensible iron pictures and wedge pictures. As we speak, the 2 standout moments for me had been the 2 eagles on the eighth and twelfth that helped me settle down. I produced my greatest shot of the match on the par-4 twelfth, the place I drove the inexperienced and left myself a four-foot eagle conversion.”
– PTI
POLO
Jaipur Polo Workforce registers convincing win over Aravali within the Leela Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Polo Cup
Jaipur Polo Workforce produced one other assured efficiency to register a complete 10–5 victory over Aravali in The Leela Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Polo Cup, combining attacking sharpness with managed sport administration throughout all 4 chukkers.
The match started on a good word, with each groups settling shortly into the competition. Jaipur and Aravali traded early assaults and located the online as soon as every within the opening chukker, ending it locked at 1–1.
Jaipur started to edge forward within the second chukker, elevating the depth and discovering higher rhythm in assault. Lance Watson led from the entrance with incisive runs, whereas HH Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur and Th. Bhawani Singh Kalvi supplied sturdy help. Regardless of Aravali staying in contact by way of Kr. Kuldeep Singh Rathore’s ending, Jaipur went into halftime with a slim 4–3 lead.
The third chukker proved decisive as Jaipur took agency management of the competition. Sustained stress, faster ball motion, and scientific conversions noticed them stretch their benefit considerably, racing forward to an 8–4 lead by the tip of the chukker and leaving Aravali struggling to comprise the momentum.
Aravali tried a comeback within the last chukker, including a objective by way of Manuel Fernandez Llorente. Jaipur, nevertheless, managed the tempo successfully and closed out the match with authority to safe a convincing 10–5 victory.
Lance Watson was the standout performer for Jaipur with 5 targets, effectively supported by HH Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh of Jaipur with three targets and Th. Bhawani Singh Kalvi with two. For Aravali, Kr. Kuldeep Singh Rathore led the scoring with 4 targets, whereas Manuel Fernandez Llorente added one in a spirited effort.
– Workforce Sportstar
ATHLETICS
Aadrash Ram Jothi Shankar clinches excessive soar bronze at Asian Indoor C’ships in China
Aadrash Ram Jothi Shankar saved the day for India as he clinched a bronze medal in males’s excessive soar on the twelfth Asian Indoor Athletics Championships that bought underway right here on Friday.
Shankar’s produced a greatest soar of two.19m to complete third.
“A fortnight’s camp at Bhubaneswar’s Indoor Stadium performed an enormous position in studying fundamentals of indoor competitors,” Shankar mentioned after profitable the bronze medal.
In a subject of 14 opponents, the Indian jumper step by step moved in the direction of his objective of profitable a medal. Because the competitors progressed, the race for gold was amongst Shankar and two Japanese athletes.
Shankar cleared 2.15m in his second try and a pair of.19 in his third. He made efforts to enhance the color of his medal, however missed all three makes an attempt at 2.23m.
Japan’s Seko Yuto was the gold winner with a peak of two.23m. Yuto’s compatriot Shinno Tomohiro clinched the silver with a peak of two.19m.
India’s Praveen Chithravel, nationwide report holder (out of doors) in males’s triple soar, fell in need of a medal. Chithravel completed fourth with a distance of 16.22m, which was achieved in his sixth and final try.
It was a clear sweep for Chinese language athletes within the males’s triple soar. Su Wen gained gold with a distance of 16.55m, whereas Jiao Xinping (16.47m) and Ma Yinglong (16.45m) took silver and bronze, respectively.
Chinese language athletes additionally dominated the ladies’s shot put. India’s Yogita completed fourth with a distance of 15.33m, achieved in her second try.
Earlier, sprinter Manikanta Hoblidhar, former nationwide report holder in males’s 100m (out of doors), couldn’t progress to the subsequent spherical as he was disqualified for a false begin within the 60m heats.
-PTI
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