www.southasiangames2016.com TIKHOR5 - 16 February 2016 | Issue:TTimes 3 imes Indian dominance continues Sri Lankan swimmer dazzles at the pool with 2 gold Medals Tally Country Gold Silver Bronze Total INDIA 28 12 3 43 SRI LANKA 81713 38 PAKISTAN 24 7 13 BANGLADESH 23 1318 NEPAL 03 5 8 AFGHANISTAN 01 3 4 compatriot Navin Ruchira Appuhamy Mahappu Arachchige won Silver. Indian cyclist Pankaj Kumar settled with Bronze. Indian swimmer’s domination continued in the pool. In Men’s 1500 M Free Style Sajan Prakash bagged gold while Sauravh Sangvekar clinched Silver. Md. Mahfi zur Rahman of Bangladesh got the bronze medal. In Men’s 50 M Free Style Matthew Abeysinghe of Sri Lanka won gold, Md. Asif Reza of Bangladesh won silver while India’s Neil Contractor bagged the bronze medal. Sri Lankan swimmer Matthew Abeysinghe In Men’s - 200 M Breast Stroke Sandeep Sejwal of India Guwahati, 7th February 2016 : In the third day of the 12th won gold, Kiran Jaisinghe of Sri Lanka won the silver SAG, India maintained its top position in the medals tally and Bangladesh’s Md. Shariful Islam was satisfi ed with with 24 Gold medals. Sri Lanka captured 6 Gold medals while bronze. Men’s– 100 m Butterfl y Stroke Sri Lankan Matthew Pakistan with Two gold stands third in the medal tally. Sri Abeysinghe won gold, Suporiyo Mondal of India won the Lankan swimmer Matthew Abeysinghe won two gold medals silver and Kt. Cherantha De Silva of Sri Lanka won the bronze. today. Today India started with gold medal. In the Women’s 40 KM Criterium Race Cycling event, Lidiyamol Sunny Menamparambil won the Gold medal while India’s Manorama Devi Tongbram got Silver medal. Sri Lankan Sudarika Priyadarshani P. Arachchige won the Bronze medal. There was close contest between the Indian eves. Sunny got 30 points while Manorama Devi fi nished with 26 points. Sri Lankan Cyclist Sundarika got 9 points. In Men’s 60 KM Criterium Race (Cycling), Sri Lankans captured both Gold and Silver medals while Indian cyclist got the Bronze medal. Sri Lanka’s Jeevan Manjula Jayasinghe Silva Pilippeng got the highest 34 points and won Gold while his CEO, SAG, Injeti Srinivas managing to fi nd few moments to enjoy the games... TIKHOR 5 - 16 February 2016 | Issue: 3Times Guwahati. I am afraid to go outside carrying a medal,” she told newsmen who approached her for her comments. Getting late for lunch, she called up her parents who picked her up. The 22-year-old Manipur girl lifted a total of 169 kg (79kg in snatch and 90kg in clean and jerk) in the women’s 48kg event. Weightlifting has been introduced for the fi rst time in the South Asian Games, thus Chanu’s feat was itself a record. “However, my overall best is 183kg. I am saving my best for the Rio Olympics. The Asian Games and the senior Asian Games are my last chance to qualify for the Olympics and I am saving my strengths and avoiding strenuous lifts,” Chanu said after the feat. Chanu, who hails from Kakching town in Thoubal district of Manipur, said she drew inspiration from Arjuna awardee weightlifter N Kunjarani Devi. “I was interested in weightlifting since my childhood. My inspiration has been Kunjarani Devi and Hurray! watching her made me confi dent of pursuing international and national competitions,” Chanu said after lifting the fi rst gold of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu’s joy had no bounds having set a South the event right in front of her idol. Asian Games record winning the fi rst gold in weightlifting in the “I am very happy to be the fi rst from the Northeast to get a 12th edition of the mega event on the 6th of February 2016. medal in weightlifting in the Games. I would have been happier Hugged, congratulated and wished by teammates and the if along with Guwahati and Shillong, the Games were held in Indian weightlifting fraternity at the Bhogeswari Phukanani Manipur too.” Indoor Stadium, Guwahati, so much did she celebrate that Manipur has maintained its legacy of producing weightlifters she even missed her shuttle back to Hotel Brahmaputra Ashok from the days of Kunjarani Devi through Laishram Monika where she was putting up along with her parents only to fi nd Devi, Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu, Ng Soniya Chanu, Yumnam herself lost for a while with a medal in one hand and a bouquet Renubala Chanu and others. Mirabai’s feat in Guwahati in the other. invariably heralds the making of another Kunjarani from the “I was supposed to be taken by the team shuttle but I came to Indian hill state that boasts of being a sporting powerhouse in know that it has left for the hotel. I hardly know anything about South Asia. Sindhu, Ponnappa share SAG thoughts SHILLONG: For the Indian pair of PV Sindhu She added that sides like Sri Lanka are and Ashwani Ponnappa, the 12th South doing well and any amount of exposure is Asian Games matches are all about going always good for the shuttlers. through the drills without any fuss. Sindhu and Ponnappa were also happy The duo’s easy win over Nepal in the that the SAG provided them and the other morning session of the team event only stars of the Indian side an opportunity to underlined the fact that badminton powerhouse India has little or no travel to the beautiful North East and be competition in the teams event, both the brand ambassadors of the game. women’s and men’s, at least till now. The duo was also excited about the visit to But this does not take anything away from this part of the country. the multinational contest as far as Sindhu and Ponnappa are concerned. “North East is beautiful and the people here are really sweet, it’s great to be here,” Admitting that the level of badminton seen said Sindhu who had a good day out at at the 12th SAG is not of the highest order, offi ce on Day 2 of the badminton event in Ponnappa said that events like these help nurture a second line of players for the Shillong. national scheme of things. 2 TIKHOR 5 - 16 February 2016 | Issue: 3Times Actions across the arena Table Tennis team fi nal India vs Pakistan. India won the Gold On the mat... Abdul Wahali of Pakistan vs. Nepal’s Rambabu Yadav Squash in action Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu of India vs. Nasir Iqbal of Pakistan Smashing jabs... Pakistan vs. Bangladesh Fullapati Chakma, Bangladesh won Silver Medal in Weightlifting 58 kg All smiles...! Women Hockey team of Nepal Nasir Iqbal of Pakistan after winning his semifi nal in Squash 3 TIKHOR 5 - 166 FebruaryFebruuary 20162016 | Issue:IIsssue: 3TimesTTmTimeses COMPETITION SCHEDULE FOR 8th FEBRUARY, 2016 Event Venue Time Cycling N.H. - 37, Guwahati 07:00 (W) 09:00 (M) Football (Men) SAI Regional Centre, Paltan Bazar, Guwahati 14:00 Hockey Moullana MD. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium, Bhetapara, 15:00 (W), 17:30, 20:00 (M) Guwahati 08:00 – 09:30, 09:30 – 10:30, Men 16:30 – 17:30, 17:30 – 18:30 Kho-Kho LNIPE, Sonapur, Guwahati 10:30 – 11:30, 11:30 – 12:30, Women 18:30 – 19:30, 19:30 – 20:30 Squash RG Baruah Sports Complex, Ulubari, Guwahati 11:00 (W), 12:00 (M), 16:00 (M & W Team) Swimming Dr. Zakir Hussain Aquatic Complex, Sarusajai, 9:30 – 15:30 Guwahati Tennis All Assam Tennis Association, Chachal, Guwahati 9:00 – 16:00 Volleyball Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium Sarusajai, 16:00 – 18:00 Guwahati Weightlifting Bhogeshwari Phukanani Indoor Stadium, Dispur, 08:00 – 09:00 (W) Guwahati 12:00 – 16:00 (M) Wrestling DTRP Indoor Stadium, Guwahati 14:00 - 21:00 Archery JLN Sports Complex Polo Ground, Shillong 09:00 –15:30 Badminton SAI - SAG Centre, Shillong 10:00 - 16:00 Table Tennis Jawaharlal Nehru Sports Complex, Shillong 10:00 - 20:45 Wushu Rising Sun Sports Complex, Assam Rifl es, Shillong 11:00 - 17:30 dharohar A festival of diverse cultures of India with special focus on North East Date: 6th - 15th February, 2016; Time: 6:00 PM onwards. 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