Sanjana of Haryana improved her national youth record en rou🔜te to a 76 kg gold in the weightlifting competition of♍ the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai on Monday.
At the same time, Sayali Wani of Maharashtra bounced back from the brink to catch the girls' singl🤡es table tenn♚is gold.
Sanjana commenced by breaking her previous snatch record of 86 kg twice, successfully lifting 87 kg and 90 kg in her second and third attempts before successfully executing 113 kg and 116 kg lifts in Clean and Jerk. Grishma Tho♏rat of Maharashtra won the silver with a total lift of 167 kg.
Uttar Prades✃h lifter Parv Chaudhary also betterᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚed the Clean and Jerk national youth record in the boys’ 96 kg category, lifting 160 kg for the gold. He lifted a total of 280 kg, with Arunesh Babu (258kg) of Andhra Pradesh and Aditya (249kg) of Haryana clinching the silver and bronze, respectively.
In table tennis, 🅺Sayali Wani demonstrated immense solidity, overcoming the challenge of Nandini Saha of West Bengal 8-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 11-ও6, 11-0, 11-6.
The Nashik girl looked down an♋d out after losing the opening three games before picking h𝄹erself up and exhibiting the mental strength to go on the attack, thus turning the tables on her opponents. The bronze medal was won by Maharashtra's Pritha Vartikar.
Vartikar and Wani also teamed up to bag the girls' dou😼bles crown, conquering state-mates Taneesha Kotecha and Risha Mirchandani 3-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6. At the same time, Maharashtra extended its lead at the top of the table, with swimmers also contributing four more gold medals.
Rishab Das of Maharashtra clinched three swimming golds, taking the top spot in b🌊oys 50-metre backstroke and 100-metre freestyle before teaming up with Shlok Khopade, Salil Bhagwat and Ronak Sawant to grab the 4x100 medley relay.
Maharashtra's Rujuta Rajadnya added the 50m backstroke gol▨d to her 50m freestyle conquest with a timing of 31.04 seconds. Aarushi Agarwal of Karnataka grasped the silver 💧with a time of 31.18 seconds, whereas Tamil Nadu's Deeksha Sivakumar held the bronze with a time of 31.23 seconds.
Harya🃏na seized three of six golds on offer in wrestling, increasing its lead over third-placed Tamil Nadu, as the latter failed t🦋o add to its gold medal count on Monday.
With two ꧋days of the event left, Maharashtra sits comforta﷽bly at the top with 44 golds, 39 silvers and 44 bronze.
