Ahmedabad
Kerala, the current runners-up in the National Games, started collecting medals. First bronze, then silver, and finally two golds and one bronze. Five medals on the first day. Josna Christy Jose’s bronze was first in fencing. Soon after, AB Arun won silver in the triple jump pit. Abhijit Amalraj won the first gold medal in the roller skating track. Soon after, Vidyadas won the gold and presented the double melody. S Vinish also got bronze.
Gold Skating
Abhijit Amalraj won the gold medal in the men’s roller artistic figure skating category. A native of Pathanamthitta, Abhijith has been the national champion for 11 years. International Junior Champion in 2019. S Biju is the coach.
Vidyadas won gold in women’s skate boarding park. Vinesh won bronze in the men’s skate boarding park. Vineeth is the coach of Vidya and Vineesh who are from Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram.
Silver in Athletics
In athletics, nine finals were held on the first day, but Kerala got only one silver. Arun won silver in triple jump with a distance of 16.08 meters. Navy star Arun won the medal in the last attempt at the jumping pit at the IIT Gandhinagar campus.
Till then, Yadda, who was in second place, surpassed Punjab’s Arpinder Singh (15.97m). He is a native of Kanjiramkulam, Thiruvananthapuram. Tamil Nadu’s Praveen Chitravel won gold with a Games record (16.68m). Kerala players who participated in other events could not survive the intense heat in Gujarat. Kerala’s Angel P Devasya cleared 1.74 meters to finish fifth in women’s high jump. Swapna Burman, who won gold, jumped 1.83 meters and set a Games record. 1.82m was surpassed by Bobby Aloysius in 2001.
Kerala’s Rahul Baby qualifies for men’s 400m final. R Aarti got off to a foul start in the women’s. The Kerala players who came to compete in 100 meters were also eliminated without seeing the final.
Bronze for Josna
Josna Kristi Joseph won bronze in fencing. In the saber category, he defeated Tamil Nadu’s Benik Kuba in the quarter-finals and entered the semi-finals, but failed to advance to the finals. Tamil Nadu’s Olympian Bhavanidevi defeated Josna in the semi-finals at the Mahatma Mandir Stadium in Gandhinagar. If you reach the semi-finals, you will get bronze. Kerala’s Alka V Sunny lost to Manipur’s Abidevi in the quarters.
Josna is a native of Meenangadi Vazhavata, Wayanad. Kannur District Superintendent of Police Office Clerk. The job is for winning gold in the team event at the 2015 National Games. He was also a member of the Indian team that won a bronze medal in the team event at the Commonwealth Fencing Championships.
Sreesankar will come down today
Finals will be held today in 12 events. M Sreesankar and Y Mohammad Anees will compete in men’s long jump. Kerala team captain and Commonwealth silver medalist Sreesankar is Kerala’s solid medal hope. Maria Jayson, Divya Mohan and Reshma Ravindran will compete in the pole vault and the men’s and women’s team in the 4 x 100 relay. Fastest male and female athletes are also known today.
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