Maharashtra State Olympic Games: Govind Rai, Pranav Gurav clinch two gold each in athletics

Pune, Jan 4 : Nashiks Govind Rai and Pune sprinter Pranav Gurav bagged a golden double on the first day of the athletics competition in the Maharashtra State Olympic Games 2023 while Kolhapur topped the standings in freestyle, Greco Roman and womens wrestling after two days of competition at the Balewadi stadium on Wednesday.Rai won the shot put (17.

59m) and discus throw (48.78m) gold to record his feat.Pranav Gurav, a final year civil engineering student, first emerged as the fastest athlete of the meet by winning the 100m in 10.56 secs in a 1-2-3-4 finish for Pune in the morning session.He later returned to the 4x100 team to the mens relay gold in 41.59 secs.Kolhapur also achieved a 1-2-3-4 in the mens 1,500 m as Satyajit Pujari steamed to victory in 4:05.42 followed by his teammates Indrajeet Farakate and Vishwajeet Lavhate.The womens 100m sprint was won by recent Khelo India Youth Games champion and collegian Sudeshna Shivankar (Satara) in 11.92 secs.Mumbais Saroj Shetty bagged the silver with a time of 12.13s with Sataras Chaitrali Gujar claiming the bronze with a time of 12.35sec.Kolhapurs Vivek More won the first gold of the meet by taking the mens 5000 m race in 14:47.80 in a close contest.Thane district had two winners in Nidhi Singh (womens 400m) and Aliza Mulla (womens 100m hurdles) as did Nagpur in Yamini Thakre (womens 1500m) and Prachi Godbole (womens 5000m) as well as Mumbai in Rishika Mahagaonkar (long jump) and Sakshi Parmar (womens javelin).

On the wrestling mat, National Championships bronze medallist Swati Shinde dominated the womens 53kg category to clinch the gold medal.In shooting, Olympian Tejaswini Sawant added a second gold to her tally by winning the 50m Rifle 3-position gold.

The Kolhapur shooter had also won the 50m prone crown on Tuesday.Veteran Anjali Bhagwat clinched the bronze medal while Thanes Bhakti Khamkar won the silver medal.

Indian team coach Ronak Pandit of Mumbai Suburb defeated Akash Sardar of Amravati in the gold medal match to clinch the Mens 10m Air Pistol crown.In Nagpur, Pune and Greater Mumbai badminton teams registered hard-fought victories to clinch the mens and womens team gold medals.

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