SSCB wins three gold medals on day two in Taekwondo

The Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) won three gold medals while Madhya Pradesh bagged two out of a total eight yellow metals that were decided in the Taekwondo men and women's events of the 34th National Games at the Khelgaon in Ranchi on .

M Oken Meitei, A Naobi Singh and Ibrahim Khan overcame strong resistance from Goa's Chandan Lakra, Manipal Singh of MP and Haryana's Navjeet Maan in the under-68, under-74 and under-87 men's bouts respectively.

Arjun Ravat (men's under-58) of Madhya Pradesh overpowered a strong challenge from another SSCB's A Pradeep Singh to give his team its first gold medal of the event, before compatriot Shalu Raikwar won the women's under-73 bout against Karnataka's B Varsha.

Jharkhand's Tasin Begam (under-49) outclassed Maharastra's Purva D Dixit to give her team its third gold medal in the women's events.

Sonam Rajput and K Srilakshmi had won golds on Monday.

P Rekha Devi gave the first gold to Karnataka when she won her bout against Shristi Singh of Uttar Pradesh in the women's under-62 kg category.

Manipur's Y Shantibala Devi won the under-57 kg final against Aarti Khakal of Madhya Pradesh, giving her team its first yellow metal.

The men's bronze medal winners were Manipur's T Premjit Singh (under-68kg), Haryana's Sunil Kumar (under-68), Goa's Siraj Khan (under-74), MP's Arjun Rawat (under-74), Jharkhand's Fani Bhusan Prasad (under-87kg), Pune's Dinesh Kumar Bhati (under-87), Manipur's E SAnatomba Singh (under-58) and Goa's Sumit Tiwari (under-58).

The women's bronze medal winners were Jharkhand's Shanina Perween (under-73kg), Sikkim's M Somorani Devi (under-73), Maharashtra's Snehal Kharade (under-57), Uttar Pradesh's Surabhi Yadav (under-57),  MP's Priyanka Paul (under-49kg), UP's Versha Singh (under-49kg), MP's Monika Raikar (under-62) and Wangoleima Chanu of Kerala.