Bhavya, who had won one individual and one relay gold on the first two days of competition, began her gold medal march on Thursday in the women\u2019s 800m freestyle category with a timing of 9:37.41s. The first Indian women to win an Asian Aquatic Championships medal earlier this year then returned to the pool a few minutes later to win the 200m freestyle event with a time of 2:13.55s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Jain University swimmers expectedly dominated the pool events, winning eight of the 11 gold medals on offer to take their overall gold medal tally to 20. Guru Nanak Dev University and Lovely Professional University were locked in a neck-and-neck battle for second spot in the medals tally.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At the end of the day, Lovely Professional University took the second spot with 17 gold medals as they bagged four gold medals in archery, one in shooting, one in judo and three in wrestling. Guru Nanak Dev University have so far won 15 gold medals, sweeping all three team gold in fencing and winning one each in shooting and judo on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Archers Anshika Kumari and Devaang Gupta won the recurve men and women finals, respectively, and then returned in the evening to lead LPU to the team gold. In the Women\u2019s recurve final, Anshika defeated Panjab University\u2019s Srishti Jaiswal 6-2 while Gupta got the better of Shivaji University\u2019s Sahil Shelar 6-4 in the men\u2019s Recurve final at the Jagatpura Sports Complex.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the team event, Lovely Professional University girls defeated Kurukshetra University 6-0 while the men beat Shivaji University 6-2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Anshika and Gupta, however, suffered a setback in the Recurve Mixed Team final, going down in a tiebreaker against Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya\u2019s Kartika Bichpuriya and Deepanshu Nanda.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A few meters away in the same complex, Lovely Professional University\u2019s Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu bagged the 25m Rapid Fire Pistol gold with a final score of 29, getting the better of Panjab University\u2019s Devansh Vashishtya by just one point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men\u2019s 10m Air Rifle event, Yash Vardhan bagged first gold medal of the Games for Manipal University, Rajasthan with a score of 252.7 in the final. Yash and silver medallist Maddineni Uma Mahesh of KLEF University were neck-and-neck through-out the final but it was the 10.8 in the first shot of the final series that ensured him a medal as his closest opponent only managed a 9.9.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the badminton competition, University of Mumbai will take on Chitkara University in the men\u2019s team final while the women\u2019s summit clash will see SRM University face off against Lovely Professional University.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Elsewhere in Bikaner, Logeswaran S delivered the standout performance on Day 3 of the weightlifting events securing his first-ever KIUG gold medal. Representing Thiruvallur University, the Tamil Nadu-born lifter dominated the men\u2019s 79kg category with a total lift of 305kg \u2014 135kg in Snatch and 170kg in Clean & Jerk \u2014 marking a breakthrough in his third KIUG appearance.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the wrestling competition in Bharatpur, Lovely Professional University bagged three gold medals while Guru Kashi University clinched two from the 10 on offer. Pulkit, Manjot Singh and Puneet won for LPU in women\u2019s 65kg freestyle, men\u2019s Greco-Roman 82kg and men\u2019s 79kg freestyle respectively while Guru Kashi University\u2019s two gold medals came from Nishu and Anshul Yadav in women\u2019s 53kg freestyle and men\u2019s Greco-Roman 87kg respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
RESULTS<\/p>\r\n\r\n
ARCHERY<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve: Gold \u2013 Anshika Kumari (LPU), Silver \u2013 Samruddhi Shetty (PU); Bronze \u2013 Bhargavi Bhagora (Hemchandracharya North University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Team: Gold \u2013 Lovely Professional University; Silver \u2013 Kurukshetra University; Bronze \u2013 Savitribai Phule Pune University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve: Gold \u2013 Devaang Gupta (LPU); Silver \u2013 Sahil Shelkar (Shivaji Uni); Bronze \u2013 Arvind Chaudhary (Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University, Agra)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Team: Gold \u2013 Lovely Professional University; Silver \u2013 Shivaji University; Bronze \u2013 Galgotias University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Mixed Team: Gold \u2013 Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya; Silver \u2013 Lovely Professional University; Bronze \u2013 Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
BADMINTON (semifinals)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
SRM University bt Chitkara University 2-0; Lovely Professional University bt Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak 2-0<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
University of Mumbai bt Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam 3-0; Chitkara University bt Panjab University 3-1<\/p>\r\n\r\n
FENCING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Team Sabre: Gold \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University; Silver \u2013 Lovely Professional University; Bronze \u2013 Panjab University, University of Jammu<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Team Epee: Gold \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University; Silver \u2013 Panjab University; Bronze \u2013 University of Calicut, Maharshi Dayanand University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Team Foil: Gold \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University; Silver \u2013 SRM University; Bronze \u2013 Guru Kashi University; Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
JUDO<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
70kg: Gold \u2013 Khidem T Chanu (LPU); Silver \u2013 Ngangbam Dipapati Devi (GNDU); Bronze \u2013 Rinu Chandran (CUK), Tazeem Fayaz (DU)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
78kg: Gold \u2013 Harmanpreet Kaur (PUP); Silver \u2013 Kashish Dagar (DU); Bronze \u2013 Janvhi (MSUS), Nandana Prasad (MGUK)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
91kg: Gold \u2013 Rakshit Tokas (DU), Silver \u2013 Kunal (MDU); Bronze \u2013 Ayush Dutt (BRKT), Prakhar Kumar Singh (MJP)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
100kg: Gold \u2013 Rakesh Gill (GNDU); Silver \u2013 Mudashir P (CUK); Bronze \u2013 Arjun Ajikumar (MGUK), Vishnu Sharma (RJU)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
RUGBY (Quarterfinals)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chandigarh University bt CRSU 50-0; Lovely Professional University bt University of Mumbai 50-7;<\/p>\r\n\r\n
KIIT bt Punjabi University 56-0; Shivaji University bt University of Rajasthan 78-0<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
University of Mumbai bt Shivaji University 21-5; KIIT bt University of Lucknow 27-0; University of Calicut bt Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University 20-0; Chandigarh University bt Panjab University 26-7<\/p>\r\n\r\n
SHOOTING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
10m Air Rifle: Gold \u2013 Yash Vardhan (MPU) 252.7; Silver -- Maddineni Uma Mahesh (KLEFU) 251.4; Bronze \u2013 Aditya Singh (LPU) 228.8<\/p>\r\n\r\n
10m Air Rifle Team: Gold \u2013 University of Madras 1872.8; Silver \u2013 Parul University, Gujarat 1866.9; Bronze \u2013 Shivaji University 1866.8<\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Gold \u2013 Rajkanwar Singh Sandhu (LPU) 29; Silver \u2013 Devansh Vashishtya (PU) 28; Bronze \u2013 Udhayveer Sidhu (PU) 22<\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m Rapid Fire Pistol Team: Gold \u2013 Panjab University 1696; Silver \u2013 KLEF University Guntur 1668; Chandigarh University 1658<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mixed Team: Gold \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University; Silver \u2013 Panjab University; Bronze \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
SWIMMING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
800m freestyle: Gold \u2013 Bhavya Sachdeva (Jain Uni) 9:37.41s; Silver \u2013 Ashmitha Chandra (Jain Uni) 9:38.82s; Bronze \u2013 Diksha Yadav (SPPU) 10:12.22<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m butterfly: Gold \u2013 Hema (Chandigarh Uni) 2:35.30s; Silver \u2013 Kalyani Saxena (Sarvajanik Uni) 2:37.11s; Bronze \u2013 Divyanka Dibyajyot (KIIT) 2:39.59s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m freestyle: Gold \u2013 Bhavya Sachdeva (Jain Uni) 2:13.55s; Silver \u2013 Pratyasa Ray (Utkal Uni) 2:15.30s; Bronze \u2013 Diksha Yadav (SPPU) 2:18.65<\/p>\r\n\r\n
100m butterfly: Gold \u2013 Hitaishi V (Jain Uni) 1:05.51s; Silver \u2013 Naisha Shetty (Bengaluru City Uni) 1:05.65s; Bronze \u2013 Nilabjaa Ghosh (KIIT) 1:06.41s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
4x100m Medley: Gold \u2013 Jain University 4:41.04s; Silver \u2013 Chandigarh University 4:46.63s; Bronze \u2013 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology 4:50.11<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
400m Medley: Gold \u2013 Shoan Ganguly (Jain Uni) 4:48.54s; Silver \u2013 Aneesh Gowda (Christ Uni) 4:51.14s; Bronze \u2013 Shivank Vishwanath (Viseshwaraya Tech Uni) 4:53.57s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m Freestyle: Gold \u2013 Srihari Nataraj (Jain Uni) 1:57.61s; Silver \u2013 Aneesh Gowda (Christ Uni) 1:58.94s; Bronze -- Shivank Vishwanath (Viseshwaraya Tech Uni) 2:00.05s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
100m Butterfly: Gold \u2013 Harsh Saroha (Chandigarh Uni) 56.12s; Silver \u2013 Salil Bhagwat (SPPU) 57.65s; Bronze \u2013 Aneesh Gowda (Christ Uni) 58.57s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
800m Freestyle: Gold \u2013 Shoan Ganguly (Jain Uni) 8:41.75s; Silver \u2013 Shivank Vishwanath (Viseshwarya Tech Uni) 8:42.40s; Bronze \u2013 Aneesh Gowda (Christ Uni) 9:05.22s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
4x100m Medley: Gold \u2013 Jain University 3:57.70s; Silver \u2013 Chandigarh University 3:58.16s; Bronze \u2013 University of Madras 4:04.00s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
MIXED 4x100m Freestyle: Gold \u2013 Chandigarh University 3:52.83s; Silver \u2013 Jain University 3:53.02s; Bronze \u2013 Savitribai Phule Pune University 3:57.74s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
WEIGHTLIFTING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
63kg: Gold \u2013 Geetanjali Jagdale (SPPU) 167kg; Silver \u2013 Sumit Kaur (PBU) 165kg; Bronze \u2013 Seema Sikarwar (DBRAUA) 161kg)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
69kg: Gold \u2013 Pallavi Sanapathi (AU) 200kg; Silver \u2013 Arsha SS (MGUK) 193kg; Bronze \u2013 Gujjala Varshita (DBRAUAP) 179kg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
79kg: Gold \u2013 Logeswaran S (TVU) 305kg; Silver \u2013 N V Mahesh (AKU) 295kg; Bronze \u2013 Dhanavath Ganesh (LPU) 292<\/p>\r\n\r\n
88kg: Gold \u2013 Parikshit Soni (DAVV) 278kg; Silver \u2013 M Tarun (AU) 276kg; Bronze \u2013 Vivek (GKU) 273kg<\/p>\r\n\r\n
WRESTLING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
53kg freestyle: Gold: Nishu (Guru Kashi University), Silver: Nancy (Chitkara University Punjab), Bronze: Samruddhi Ghorpade (Shivaji University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
65kg freestyle: Gold: Pulkit (Lovely Professional University, (PB), Silver: Tannu (Baba Mastnath University (BMU)), Bronze: Srushti Bhosale (Shivaji University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
76kg freestyle: Gold: Meghna (Chitkara University Punjab), Silver: Nancy Thakur (Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hills)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Greco-Roman 60kg: Gold: Badal Singh (Sant Baba Bhag Singh University, Punjab), Silver: Rajiv (Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani), Bronze: Hitesh Chandrabhan Sonwane (Gondwana University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Greco-Roman 72kg: Gold: Suraj (Lamrin Tech Skills University Punjab), Silver: Mohit Dahiya (Kurukshetra University, (Haryana)), Bronze: Sachin (Guru Kashi University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Greco-Roman 87kg: Gold: Anshul Yadav (Guru Kashi University), Silver: Gaurav Chaudhary (Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalya), Bronze: Yudhveer (ITM University, MP)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Freestyle 97kg: Gold: Vishal (Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa), Silver: Punit Kumar (Shri JJT University, Jhunjhunu), Bronze: Ramdhan (Guru Kashi University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Greco-Roman 82kg: Gold: Manjot Singh (Lovely Professional University, (PB), Silver: Ankit (Indira Gandhi University), Bronze: Ayush (Shri Kallaji Vedic Vishvavidhyalaya, Chittorgarh)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
65kg freestyle: Gold: Pilanagoila Nikhil Yadav (Osmania University), Silver: Sandeep (Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University), Bronze: Kumar M Nagnur (Bagalkot University, Jamakhandi)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
79kg freestyle: Gold: Puneet (Lovely Professional University, (PB), Silver: Suraj (Kurukshetra University, (Haryana), Bronze: Ritik Rana (Punjabi University, Patiala (PB)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
YOGASANA<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Team: Gold \u2013 University of Patanjali 387.50; Silver \u2013 University of Calcutta 385.09; Bronze \u2013 Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya 384.25<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Team: Gold \u2013 Panjab University 388.41; Silver \u2013 Parul University, Gujarat 387.66; Bronze \u2013 Swami Vivekanand Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana 384.33<\/p>\r\n\r\n