PANJIM: Swimmer Sanjana Prabhugaonkar bagged her third medal of the 37th National Games, clinching the silver medal in the 100m backstroke while Janiva Fernandes won a bronze medal in Wushu to take Goa’s medals tally to 34.
Prabhugaonkar, who had won the 200m freestyle silver and 200m backstroke bronze, went neck and neck against eventual gold medallist Palak Joshi of Maharashtra for major part ot the race before finishing the race with a time of 1:05.73s to bag the silver medal. Joshi set a time of 1:05.29s to win her second gold of the Games while Karnataka’s Ridhima Veerendra Kumar took home the bronze medal with a timing of 1:05.86s.
Earlier, Janiva Danita Fernandes won a bronze medal Daoshu women category with a score of 7.10 to help Goa win their second medal in two days from the Wushu arena. Arunachal Pradesh’s NyemanWangshu won the gold while SunitaGari of Jharkhand bagged the silver medal.
Speaking after winning the medal, Janiva said, “She was always confident of winning a medal as she had prepared well for the National Games. “I don’t get to play many competitions but I had worked a lot with my father, who is also my coach, and I am happy that I won a medal for the state,” said the 16-year-old.
Maharashtra continue to lead the standings with 57 gold, 45 silver and 47 bronze medals and have a sizeable advantage over defending champions Services Sports Control Board, who after a slow start now has 33 gold medals and 12 silver and bronze each. Haryana is currently third with a total of 65 medals, including 24 gold.
