Manipur and Punjab share spoils in cycling
Gurpreet Kaur bagged two gold medals as international rider Ch Rameshori Devi continued her golden run with her fourth yellow metal at the Sidho Kanhu Velodrome in the 34th National Games here on Monday.
Gurpreet Kaur bagged two gold medals as international rider Ch Rameshori Devi continued her golden run with her fourth yellow metal at the Sidho Kanhu Velodrome in the 34th National Games here on Monday.
Riding on Gurpreet and Rameshori's performances, Manipur and Punjab bagged two gold medals each to dominate the competition.
Having claimed a hat-trick of gold medals on Sunday, Rameshori clinched the women's 200m sprint, pipping her statemate K Suchitra Devi and stopping the clock at 13.876. Kerala's Kezia Verghese settled for the third spot.
Manipur clinched their second gold in cycling in men's 200m sprint through O Bikram Singh. Asia Cup (Japan round) bronze medallist Bikram Singh clinched his second gold when he stopped the clock at 13.338 en route to the 200m sprint title.
Punjab's Amrit Singh and R L Manoj of Services bagged the second and third spots respectively.
Pankaj Kumar of Haryana clinched the men's 6km scratch title with a timing of 09:51.30 as Amandeep Singh (Punjab) and Manpreet Singh Kalsi of Maharashtra settled for silver and bronze.
Gurpreet earned Punjab the title in women's 4km scratch clocking 07:27.723, while Rejani V (Kerala) and T Nita Devi (Manipur) bagged the silver and bronze medal.
She bagged her second gold of the day logging 25 points en route to the title in the 16km points race as Th Helen Devi of Manipur (21) was pushed to the second spot. Rejani V of Kerala logged 17 for the third place.