South Asian Games Triathlon: Gold and Silver for India

Dilip Kumar bagged the men’s individual event gold with a time of 2:02:53, while compatriot Guru Datta won the silver in 2:05:31.

India notched the gold medal in all three events of triathlon held at the ongoing 12th South Asian Games.

Each team has two men and two women and they have to compete in all the three events. Sri Lanka’s first woman boxer to win a gold in Asian Championship, Anusha Kodituwakku Dilrukshi, will stand in the way of the celebrated Indian boxer for the 51kg gold medal women’s final Tuesday.

Moudgil, Koshy and Gauswami then shot down the gold in the team event with a total score of 1726. Next man in was 35-year-old former national champion Madan Lal (52kg) and he too prevailed over another Pakistani opponent in Mohammad Syed Asif to be adjudged 3-0 victor.

India and Nepal won Gold and Silver respectively.

India also figured in Boxing on Saturday. Afghanistan overtook Nepal to take the fifth place in the medals tally – with three golds in comparison to Nepal’s solitary gold medal.

After clinching the gold and silver in both men’s and women’s individual events yesterday, India won the gold in the mixed relay today. Another Olympics quota holder Heena Sidhu had to be content with the silver in the women’s 10m air pistol event with a total score of 192.5, while 18-year-old Chandigarh shooter Yashaswini Singh Deswal took the bronze. Pakistan are second in terms of medal won with 11 but the lone Gold won by Bangladesh for a total of six medals puts them in official second position. For Sweta, this was the worst ever performance despite winning the gold as she had to shoot with a spare gun.