Hosts DNHDD added a third pencak silat gold late on Tuesday evening when Princess Thomas won the creative solo event for women. Manipur won a pair while Punjab, Delhi and Maharashtra clinched one each to account for the eight golds awarded in pencak silat so far.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Four gold medals were decided on Wednesday \u2013 two each in 10 km open water swimming and sepak takraw (team event consisting of three players). In one of the most gruelling event of these Games, Maharashtra\u2019s Diksha Yadav and Karnataka\u2019s Renukacharya Hodmani won the women\u2019s and men\u2019s races in a fairly docile early morning Arabian Sea.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sepak takraw has caught the imagination of sports lovers throughout the country. It was quite an attraction at the recently-held Khelo India Youth Games in Bihar and in Diu\u2019s Ghoghla Beach, young boys and girls are excelling with their skills with their heads and feet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It was a heartbreak for Manipur in the sepak takraw (trio team) finals early on Wednesday morning. The north-eastern state takes pride in this sport but lost both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s finals to Delhi and Haryana, respectively. Both finals, impacted by rain, were gripping affairs and saw identical 2-1 scorelines.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Delhi team captain Sandeep Kumar, 35, revealed how the sudden change in conditions proved crucial. \u201cWe lost the first regu before the rains, but the weather turned in our favour,\u201d said Sandeep, who practices with the team near Majnu Ka Tila beside the Yamuna River in the national capital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Renukacharya Hodmani of Karnataka and Diksha Yadav of Maharashtra bagged gold in the men\u2019s and women\u2019s sections, respectively, in their 10km open swimming event. Renukacharya, 17, started off with swimming when he was seven-year-old, but forayed into open water only three years back. He clinched the gold timing two hours nine minutes and 40 seconds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Karnataka\u2019s Diksha, too, has been in open competitive swimming for a very short time. \u201cSwimming at the Arabian Sea was fun but there were moments my vision got obstructed due to the incoming waves. On top of that, there were jellyfish stings! I\u2019m taking a lot of good experiences from the Khelo India Beach Games,\u201d said Diksha, who clocked two hours 18 minutes and nine seconds to emerge on top.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Daman and Diu is tasting unprecedented success in pencak silat. The hosts picked up three out of eight available golds through Prasanna Narendra Bendre, Kirtana Manojkumar Acharya and Princess Thomas in the Tunggal Senior Male, Tunggal Senior Female and Creative Solo Female respectively. Prasanna, in the company of Sudhanshu Srivastava, also got a bronze in the ganda senior male category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Manipur, meanwhile, picked up two gold in regu senior male and ganda senior male. One gold each went to Delhi (regu senior female), Punjab (creative solo male) and Maharashtra (ganda senior female).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Daman and Diu is tasting unprecedented success in pencak silat. The hosts picked up three out of eight available golds through Prasanna Narendra Bendre, Kirtana Manojkumar Acharya and Princess Thomas in the Tunggal Senior Male, Tunggal Senior Female and Creative Solo Female respectively. Prasanna, in the company of Sudhanshu Srivastava, also got a bronze in the ganda senior male category.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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