Pune were crowned champions on the concluding day of the Maharashtra State Olympic Games after bagging five gold medals each in swimming and cycling at the Balewadi Sports Complex on Thursday, January 12.
The sporting powerhouse received the Champions Trophy from Divisional Commissioner Saurav Rao during the colourful closing ceremony, drawing the curtains down on the 12-day competition that had seen over 10,000 athletes fighting for gold and glory in close to 40 sports in 8 cities of Maharashtra.
Overall, Pune took 116 gold, 96 silver and 105 bronze medals for a total of 317. Thane took home the runners-up trophy, grabbing 47 gold, 34 silver and 37 bronze. Kolhapur finished third.
The Best Male Athlete was Rishabh Das of Thane, who fished out 5 gold from the swimming pool. The Best Female Athlete was Pune’s Shraddha Talekar, who also took 5 gold from gymnastics.
Welcoming the guests, Sports Commissioner Dr Suhas Divse said, “We had a great event because of teamwork between the MOA and the Sports Department. The Games will go down as a historic event and do wonders to sports in the state.”
Chief guest Saurav Rao pointed out that the government is extending all support and facilities to the athletes. “It is up to the athletes to take advantage of this. I am sure we will soon produce Olympians,” he said.
Maharashtra Olympic Association secretary Namdev Shirodkar offered the vote of thanks.
On the last day of the Games, 25 gold medals were on offer in boxing and over a dozen in wushu. Though Pune wasn’t expected to dominate the medals tally in these two events, the contingent would have aimed to pocket a few yellow metals to maintain their top standing and then bank of the swimming pool.
Pune, Thane and Mumbai had been the dominant teams in the swimming pool over the last few days and things were no different on Thursday. Pune clinched five of the six gold medals in the women’s category with Sadhavi Dhuri bagging an individual double (50m butterfly and 100m freestyle) before joining force with her other teammates to clinch the 4x200m and 4x50m freestyle gold medals.
In the diving events, Solapur’s Esha Waghmode upset National Games gold medallist Medhali Redkar of Mumbai to clinch the women’s 1m Springboard gold medal.
RESULTS:
BOXING:
Men:
46-48kg: Gold: Pawan Salave (Dhule), Silver: Shaikh Rehan (Akola), Bronze: Lumen Shahu (Nagpur), Prathamesh Avhad (Jalgaon)
Women:
1m springboard: Gold: Esha Waghmode (Solapur) 148.15, Silver: Medhali Redkar (Mumbai) 132.95, Silver: Kshama Bangera (Mumbai) 124.55
HANDBALL
Men:
Gold: Sangli, Silver: Krida Prabodhini, Nagpur, Bronze: Mumbai, Solapur
Women:
Gold: Kolhapur, Silver: Nagpur, Bronze: Pune, Akola
RUGBY SEVENS
Men:
Gold: Kolhapur, Silver: Mumbai City, Bronze: Thane
Women:
Gold: Satara, Silver: Thane, Bronze: Kolhapur
SWIMMING
Men
50m Butterfly
1.Suchit Patil (Raigad) 26.32 2. Heer Shah (Mumbai) 26.43 3. Sahil Pawar (Pune) 26.46
200m Backstroke
1. Rishabh Das (Thane) 2:17.55 2. Mohammed Chawdhary (Mumbai) 2:22.08 3. R Shrijan Reddy (Pune) 2:26.38
100m Freestyle
1. Heer Shah (Mumbai) 53.18 2. Shwejal Mankar (Pune) 54.66 3. Suchit Patil (Raigad) 54.76
Women
50m Butterfly
1. Sadhvi Dhuri (Pune) 30.75 2. Jyoti Patil (Mumbai) 30.97 3. Taesha Fernandes (Thane) 31.83
1500m Freestyle Open: 1. Dolly Patil (Pune) 19:18.54 2. Amrita Pradeep Kumar (Thane) 19:19.41 3. Purva Gawade (Pune) 19:50.50
4 x 200m Freestyle
1. Pune (Diksha Yadav, Sadhvi Dhuri, Purva Gawade, Dolly Patil) 10:02.85 2. Thane (Taesha Fernandes, Raghavi Ramanujan, Vanshika Parti, Amrita Praeep Kumar) 10:10.15 3. Solapur (Shubhangi Macharia, Shrushti Shete, Purva Ligade, Shravani Suryawanshi) 14:55.45.
200m Backstroke
1. Pratisha Dangi (Thane) 2:32.56 2. Bhakti Wadkar (Pune) 2:35.06 3. Raghavi Ramanujam (Thane) 2:38.04
100m Freestyle
1. Sadhvi Dhuri (Pune) 1:02.87 2. Amrita Pradeep Kumar (Thane) 1:03.37 3. Diksha Yadav (Pune) 1:03.37
Men:
Sanda 48kg: Gold: Somnath Gunjal (Pune), Silver: Gourav Himachi (GDH), Bronze: Vikas Sharma (Mumbai), Rushabh Tapke (Yavatmal)
Sanda 52kg: Gold: Himanshu Jadhav (Mumbai), Silver: Mohit Yadav (GND), Bronze: Mujmin Mujawar (Kolhapur), Sahil Bhandari (Thane)
Sanda 56kg: Gold: Adnan Mukri (Mumbai), Silver: Omkar Pawar (Pune), Bronze: Karan Mohite (Sangli), Saurabh Sankpal (Kolhapur)
Sanda 60kg: Gold: Sanket Patil (Kolhapur), Silver: Abhay Kahar (Mumbai), Bronze: Pravin Sandhan (Pune), Amrut Jadhav (Mumbai Suburb)
Sanda 65kg: Gold: Rushikesh Malore (Raigad), Silver: Neeraj Yadav (Mumbai), Bronze: Mohammad Mazar Ali (Nagpur), Anil Shendage (Kolhapur)
Sanda 70kg: Gold: Rahul Pawar (Pune), Silver: Prathamesh Shetty (Mumbai), Bronze: Ketan Gharat (Raigad), Akshay Landge (Sangli)
Sanda 75kg: Gold: Bharat Borade (Mumbai), Silver: Nirmal Shete (Pune), Bronze: Vedant Janbandhu (Nagpur), Pavan Hyalij (DHL)
Women:
Sanda 48kg: Gold: Bhakti Chavan (Satara), Silver: Vijaya Pol (Pune), Bronze: Pratika Ramraje (Thane), Ayushi Yadav (Mumbai Suburb)
Sanda 52kg: Gold: Anuradha Choudhari (DHL), Silver: Sonali Jadhav (Sangli), Bronze: Sonali Jagale (Latur), Suman Pal (Mumbai Suburb)
Sanda 56kg: Gold: Prachi Gogala (CHN), Silver: Manvi Bargale (Sangli), Bronze: Mansi Yadav (Thane), Anjali Pawar (Pune)
Sanda 60kg: Gold: Rutuja Surve (Pune), Silver: Sanchita Tanavade (Mumbai suburb), Bronze: Heena Shaikh (Latur), Sanjana Chavan (Raigad)
Sanda 65kg: Gold: Pratiksha Bhagat (Sangli), Silver: Kavira Kale (Mumbai Suburb), Bronze: Ashiwini Botre (Pune), Prajakta Nanavare (Amravati)
Sanda 70kg: Gold: Shayna Chandel (Mumbai Suburb), Silver: Nikita Rokade (Pune), Bronze: Nirjala Mali (Solapur), Megha Pawar (Nashik)
Sanda 75kg: Gold: Priti Borkar (CHN), Silver: Rohini Pasalkar (Pune), Bronze: Diksha Rokade (Aurangabad), Tanvi Jumare (Raigad)
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