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Nat'l Games: Vijayakumar strikes gold in Shooting; Jasvir Kaur breaks national record in Weightlifting

At the 35th National Games being held in Kerala, Haryana continues to be on top in the medals tally,with 11 gold medals,followed by Services with 9 gold medals. Maharashtra with seven gold medals is in the third position,while hosts Kerala, with six gold medals is in the fourth position. Olympian Vijayakumar of Services struck gold in 25 metre, Centre fire pistol,shooting with 583 points. Punjab's Jasvir Kaur set a national record in Women's weightlifting 63 kilogram category. She lifted 94 kilogram in Snatch and 212 kilogram in Clean and Jerk . National Champion Elizabeth Susan Koshy of Kerala won gold in the 50 metre Rifle Prone shooting.This is Kerala's first gold in shooting event.P Sidharth stuck gold for Kerala,winning the men's 10 metre high board diving event,with a meet record.In the men's swimming 200 metre backstroke,Madhu P S of Services won gold medal with a meet record. In the women's 200 metre backstroke,Manna Patel of Gujarat won gold with a meet record.In the men's 50 metre free-style swimming,Veer Dhavan Khade of Maharashtra won gold medal with a meet record.In the women's 50 metre free-style,Aditi Dhumatkar of Maharashtra won gold medal with a meet record. Punjab's Gurpal Singh won gold medal in the 97 kilogram free-style wrestling.

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