Mahitha Mohan ends on a high with three gold in cycling

International rider Mahitha Mohan clinched the women's 28km individual road time trial title to end the cycling campaign with three gold medals in the 34th National Games here on Wednesday.

Sombir Singh of Services won the men's 42km individual road time trial title as the five-day cycling competition came to an end here.

Overall, riding on Ch Rameshwari Devi's four gold-medal haul, Manipur topped the cycling medals tally with six gold, five silver and one bronze, followed by Punjab (5-5-7) and Services (4-4-1).

Early on Wednesday, in the men's 42km individual road time trial event, Sombir clocked 55:52 to bag the gold, while Punjab's Harpreet Singh (57:10) and Haryana's Pankaj Kumar (57:17) took the silver and bronze, respectively.

Mahitha reigned supreme in the women's 28km individual road time trial with a timing of 44:23 to cap a spectacular National Games with hat-trick of gold medals.

Manipur's Th Helen Devi (45:06) and Rajasthan's Pana Choudhary (45:30) settled for silver and bronze, respectively.

While Rameshwari Devi ended up with four gold (sprint women, 1500m team TT, 3km team pursuit, 500m TT) and a silver medal in Olympic sprint, Mahitha finished with three gold (3km individual pursuit, Oly sprint and 28km road TT) and two silver (1500m team TT, 3km team pursuit).