Monikha sonowal

Khelo India Tribal Games: Karnataka swimmer Manikanta L continued his golden run by clinching his third successive gold medal, while Odisha’s Anjali Munda secured her second gold on Day 2 of the Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) here on Thursday.

Manikanta dominated the men’s 200m Individual Medley (IM), clocking 2:25.93s to complete a hat-trick of gold medals, having earlier won the 100m breaststroke and 50m butterfly events. Tripura’s Riyaj Tripura (2:34.04s) claimed silver, while Odisha’s Kanhu Soren (2:36.21s) settled for bronze.

In the women’s 200m IM, Anjali Munda, who had already won gold in the 200m freestyle on Wednesday, added another top podium finish with a timing of 2:53.82s. Chhattisgarh’s Anushka Bhagat provided the home crowd a reason to cheer by winning silver in 2:59.33s, her second medal of the Games, while Odisha’s Anjali Mallick took bronze with 3:06.13s.