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Mallakhamb stars take Maharashtra to 2nd place

The windfall increased Maharashtra’s gold medal tally to 34, leaving Haryana behind with 32 after a long and intense battle between the two states.

Mallakhamb stars take Maharashtra to 2nd place
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Rupali Gangawane wins another gold at Mallakhamb to take Maharashtra to second spot

AHMEDABAD: Maharashtra’s Mallakhamb stars, led by Rupali Sunil Gangwane, clinched three of the five gold medals on offer to take the state to the second position at the 36th National Games here on Monday.

The windfall increased Maharashtra’s gold medal tally to 34, leaving Haryana behind with 32 after a long and intense battle between the two states. With 126 medals, including 36 silver and 56 bronze, Maharashtra now has its largest haul at the Games. Services continued to lead the table with 53 gold, 33 silver and 29 bronze, but has a lower aggregate of 115 medals. Haryana’s 32 gold, 30 silver and 38 bronze kept the state at the third spot.

Meanwhile, Gujarat’s boy wonder, 10-year-old Shauryajit Khaire, created history, becoming the youngest medallist of the Games when he clinched the bronze medal in Pole Mallakhamb. The host had another good day, with Pooja Patel teaming up with Komal Makwana to clinch her second Yogasana gold medal.

Gujarat also picked up the men’s and women’s singles bronze medals in soft tennis to take its medal tally to 43 (13 gold, 12 silver and 18 bronze) with two more days of competition left. Maharashtra’s Rupali dished out a clinical performance to bag her third gold medal at the Sanskardham Sports Academy facility in Godhavi.

She took top honours in the women’s rope competition (9.25 points) on Monday, to add to the individual all-around gold and team gold she had won on Sunday. Akshay Prakash Taral, the men’s all-around champion, added a second gold to his collection by winning the rope competition with 8.95 points. His teammate Shubhankar Vinay Khawle scored 9.20 points on the pole to win the other gold for Maharashtra, preventing a Madhya Pradesh sweep.

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