Wushu ace Abhishek wins J&K’s first gold

Gandhinagar, Oct 11: It was third time lucky for Abhishek Jamwal as he won Jammu and Kashmir’s first gold medal in the 36th National Games when he stopped Mayank Mahajan (Punjab) in the Wushu Sanda 56kg class final at the Mahatma Mandir Complex here on Tuesday.
Ladakh got to the medal table with two bronze medals in Wushu today. Owais Sarwar Ahengar (65kg class and Pratham Singh (75kg class) were the two medallists from the Union Territory competing in the National Games for the first time.
Services added three gold to their collection and remain on top of the charts with 56 gold, 34 silver and 30 bronze medals. Haryana could have equalled Maharashtra’s 36 gold so far but two of their Wushu artists lost their respective finals.
There was a dramatic Triathlon Mixed Relay silver for hosts Gujarat. Teenager Krishiv Hitesh Patel braved a broken toe to complete his cycling and running legs to keep Gujarat in the race. Siblings Monika Nagpure and Karan Nagpure moved Gujarat from eighth place before Pragnya Mohan made light of a 2 minute 44 second gap to lift silver. (IANS)