Panaji, Nov 3: The 37th National Games showcased remarkable feats of athletic prowess as Sunil Joliya Jinabhai of Gujarat made history by breaking the Games record in the Men's 3000 M event, securing a well-deserved gold medal.

The Athletics Stadium in Bambolim witnessed Jinabhai's incredible performance, with a timing of 8:37.15 s, shattering the previous Games record of 8:43.05 s held by Shankar Lal Swami.

In another display of extraordinary talent, Asian Games medallist Vithya Ramraj from Tamil Nadu clinched the gold in the Women's 400 M Hurdles, recording an impressive timing of 56.88 s.

Gujarat's Dhaval Utekar secured the gold in the Men's 400 M Hurdles, crossing the finish line with a timing of 51.20 s. Meanwhile, Preeti Lamba from Haryana claimed the gold in the Women's 3000 M Steeplechase with a timing of 10:19.78 s.

The Men's Javelin event saw SSCB's Shivpal Yadav and D.P. Manu winning gold and silver medals, while Kishore Kumar Jeena, an Asian Games silver medallist, had to settle for a bronze. Additionally, the Women's High Jump was dominated by the rising star, Pooja, who secured the gold with an impressive jump of 1.80 m.

Vithya Ramraj's thrilling finish helped Tamil Nadu secure gold in the 4x400 M Mixed Relay event, narrowly edging out Kerala. This brought the athletics segment of the games to an exhilarating close.

The swimming competition at the Campal Swimming Pool saw Karnataka's talented swimmers, Nina Venkatesh, and Dhinidhi Desinghu, guide their team to victory in the mixed team 4x100 Freestyle Relay. Their outstanding performance marked their fifth gold medal each in the event, an exceptional achievement with one more day of competition remaining.

The Mandrem Shooting Range witnessed intense competition, with Sagar Bhargava of Haryana emerging victorious in the Men's 10m Air Pistol event. He secured gold by maintaining his composure during a shoot-off, where he outperformed India international Sarabjot Singh. The event highlighted the exceptional shooting talent on display during the games.

Haryana continued to dominate on the wrestling mat, securing five out of the six gold medals available, while Uttar Pradesh claimed the remaining gold. These remarkable performances showcased the strength and skill of the athletes.

Hosts Goa excelled in Sepak Takraw at the Fatorda Multipurpose Hall, winning six out of the eight gold medals. Goa's men's team swept all four gold medals, while the women's team secured two golds in addition to a silver and a bronze. Manipur earned the other two gold medals in this exciting sport.

At the Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi, Olympian Deepika Kumari demonstrated her prowess by qualifying for the final of the Women's Recurve event. She triumphed over Haryana's Tamanna with a 6-4 victory in the semifinals.

Deepika Kumari is set to face Sangeeta of Haryana, who won her semifinal match 6-2 against Gujarat's Bhagora Vargishkumar. In the men's category, Mukesh Boro, who caused an upset by defeating Olympian Atanu Das, secured his place in the finals by beating SSCB's Gora Ho.

He will face Uttarakhand's Kartik Rana in the finals, who also achieved an impressive win in the semis against Bhagwat Singh of Chhattisgarh, securing a 7-1 victory. With these remarkable performances, the 37th National Games continues to captivate and inspire sports enthusiasts and fans across the nation.

37th National Games November 3 Important Results

Athletics

400 M Hurdles Men

Gold - Dhaval Utekar (Gujarat) - 51.20 s

Silver - Nikhil Bharadwaj (SSCB) - 51.50 s

Bronze - Vijay Singh Malik (SSCB) - 51.67 s

400 M Hurdles Women

Gold - Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) - 56.88 s

Silver - Veerpal Kaur (Punjab) - 58.96 s

Bronze - Nanhi (Haryana) - 59.02 s

3000 M Steeplechase Men

Gold - Sunil Joliya Jinabhai (Gujarat) - 8:37.15 s (NGR)

Silver - Mohd. Noor Hasan (SSCB) - 8:38.77 s

Bronze - Prince Raj Sharma (Sikkim) - 8:45.05 s

3000 M Steeplechase Women

Gold - Preeti Lamba (Haryana) - 10:19.78 s

Silver - Komal Jagadale (Maharashtra) - 10:21.66 s

Bronze - Bhagyashree (Gujarat) - 10:30.79 s

Javelin Throw Men

Gold - Sivpal Singh (SSCB) - 81.17 m

Silver - D.P Manu (SSCB) - 80.48 m

Bronze - Kishore Kumar Jeena (Odisha) - 78.47 m

High Jump Women

Gold - Pooja (Haryana) - 1.80 m

Silver - Mohur Mukherjee (West Bengal) - 1.74 m

Bronze - Angel P. Devasia (Kerala) - 1.74 m

4x400 Mixed Relay

Gold - Tamil Nadu - 3:21.26 s

(K.Avinash, Sumathira, S.K Kaven, Vithya Ramaraj)

Silver - Kerala - 3:21.54 s

(P. Abhiram, Gowri Nandana, Rince Joseph, Jisna Mathew)

Bronze - Maharashtra - 3:23.20 s

(R. Gautham Kamble, Yamuna Ladkat, Rahul Ramesh Kadam, Anushka Dattaray)

Shooting

10 M Air Rifle Men

Gold - Sagar Bhargava (Haryana) - 238.8 (Shoot Off: 10.2)

Silver - Sarabjot Singh (Haryana) - 238.8 (Shoot Off: 9.3)

Bronze - Subhash Sihag (SSCB) - 217.3

Swimming

Men's 50 M Backstroke

Gold - Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) - 25.77 s

Silver - Rishabh Das (Maharashtra) - 26.66 s

Bronze - P.S Madhu (SSCB) - 26.73 s

Women's 50 M Backstroke

Gold - Ridhima Veerendra Kumar (Karnataka) - 30.21 s

Silver - Soubrity Mondal (West Bengal) - 30.59 s

Bronze - Sanjana Prabhugaonker (Goa) - 30.80 s

Women's 400 M Freestyle

Gold - Bhavya Sachdeva (Delhi) - 4:27.93 s (NGR)

Silver - Vritti Agarwal (Telangana) - 4:30.03 s

Bronze - Shirin (Karnataka) - 4:34.74 s

Men's 400 M Freestyle

Gold - Kushagra Rawat (Delhi) - 3:55.84 s (NGR)

Silver - Sajan Prakash (Kerala) - 3:58.13 s

Bronze - Aneesh S. Gowda (Karnataka) - 4:00.73 s

Women's 200 M Medley

Gold - Manavi Varma (Karnataka) - 2:24.21 s (NGR)

Silver - Shrungi Bandekar (Goa) - 2:26.90 s

Bronze - Hashika Ramachandra (Karnataka) - 2:28.31 s

Men's 200 M Medley

Gold - Sajan Prakash (Kerala) - 2:04.57 s (NGR)

Silver - Shoan Ganguly (Karnataka) - 2:05.68 s

Bronze - Siva Sridhar (Karnataka) - 2:05.96 s

Mixed 4 x 100 M Freestyle Relay

Gold - Karnataka - 3:38.24 s

(Aneesh S. Gowda, Dhinidhi Desinghu, Nina Venkatesh, Srihari Nataraj)

Silver - Maharashtra - 3:42.61 s

(Meet Makhija, Avantika Chawan, Rujuta Khade, Virdhawal Khade)

Bronze - Delhi - 3:47.73 s

(Kushagra Rawat, Bhavya Sachdeva, Kshama Iyer, Vishal Grewal)

Wrestling

Men's 65 Kg Freestyle

Gold - Sujeet (Haryana)

Silver - Rohit (SSCB)

Bronze - Mohit Kumar (Haryana), Manoj Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)

Men's 74 Kg Freestyle

Gold - Naveen (Haryana)

Silver - Sourabh Sehrawat (Delhi)

Bronze - Vijay (SSCB), Rohit Prajapati (Madhya Pradesh)

Men's 60 Kg Greco Roman

Gold - Saurabh (Uttar Pradesh)

Silver - Sumit (Chandigarh)

Bronze - Gyanender (SSCB), Sagar Singh (Punjab)

Men's 87 Kg Greco Roman

Gold - Sunil Kumar (Haryana)

Silver - Neeraj (Delhi)

Bronze - Harpreet Singh (Punjab), Sushant (SSCB)

Women's 53 Kg

Gold - Pooja (Haryana)

Silver - Gursharan Kaur (Punjab)

Bronze - Banita Kumar (Himachal Pradesh), Priyanshi (Madhya Pradesh)

Women's 57 Kg

Gold - Mansi (Haryana)

Silver - Neetu (Chandigarh)

Bronze - Swati (Uttar Pradesh), Simran (Delhi)

Archery

Recurve Women Semi-Finals

Sangeeta (Haryana) bt Bhagora Vargishkumar (Gujarat) - 6-2

Deepika Kumari (Jharkhand) bt Tamanna (Haryana) - 6-4

Recurve Men Semi-Finals

Kartik Rana (Uttarakhand) bt Bhagwat Singh Porte (Chhattisgarh) - 7-1

Mukesh Boro (Assam) bt Gora Ho (SSCB) - 5-5 (10-8)

Cycling

Women's 4 KM Team Pursuit

Gold - Manipur - 05:05.870

Silver - Maharashtra - 05:08.432

Bronze - Haryana - 05:18.700

Men's 4 KM Team Pursuit

Gold - SSCB - 04:18.650

Silver - Haryana - 04:21.039

Bronze - Punjab - 04:22.943

Women Sprint Individual

Gold - Mayuri Lute (Maharashtra)

Silver - Triyasha Paul (Delhi)

Bronze - Shweta Gunjal (Maharashtra)

Men Sprint Individual

Gold - Yanglem Rojit Singh (Manipur)

Silver - David Beckham (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)

Bronze - Luv Kumar Yadav (Rajasthan)

Wushu

Men's Nandao

Gold - Sajan Lama (SSCB) - 9.30 points

Silver - Ravi Suryavanshi (Uttar Pradesh) - 8.30 points

Bronze - Akash Oraon (Jharkhand) - 8.00 points

Women's Nandao

Gold - Yorna Rosni (Arunachal Pradesh) - 8.60 points

Silver - Saloni Jadhav (Maharashtra) - 8.00 points

Bronze - Ritika Ghosh (West Bengal) - 7.80 points

Men's Gunshu

Gold - Shashi Kishan Tamang (SSCB) - 9.40 points

Silver - Ningthoujam Malemnganba Singh (Manipur) - 9.15 points

Bronze - Balwant Singh (Rajasthan) - 8.95 points

Women's Gunshu

Gold - Vanshika Namdeo (Madhya Pradesh) - 8.65 points

Silver - Priyanka Sajwan (Punjab) - 7.95 points

Bronze - N.P Greeshma (Kerala) - 7.60 points

Sepak Takraw

Women's Quad Final

Goa bt Haryana - 2-0

Women's Doubles Final

Goa bt Andhra Pradesh - 2-1

Women's Team Final

Manipur bt Goa - 2-0

Women's Regu Final

Manipur bt Nagaland - 2-0

Men's Doubles Final

Goa bt Kerala - 2-0

Men's Quad Final

Goa bt Delhi - 2-1

Men's Team Final

Goa bt Manipur - 2-1

Men's Regu Final

Goa bt Manipur - 2-0

Taekwondo

Women's Under 53 Kg

Gold - Anisha Aswal (Delhi)

Silver - Raksha Chahar (Chandigarh)

Bronze - Neeshita Kotwal (Maharashtra), Aditi P (Karnataka)

Women's Under 67 Kg

Gold - Margerette Maria Regi (Kerala)

Silver - Afreen Hyder (Jammu & Kashmir)

Bronze - Madhu Singh (Madhya Pradesh), K. Kanaka Mahalakshmi (Andhra)

Women's 73+ Kg

Gold - Rodali Barua (Goa)

Silver - V. Pravalika Kustagi (Karnataka)

Bronze - Namrata Tayade (Maharashtra), Jhanvi Mazumder (Odisha)

Men's Under 63 Kg

Gold - Ajay Kumar (Haryana)

Silver - Nitesh Singh (Uttarakhand)]

Bronze - Sritam Dalal (Gujarat), Deepanshu Kumar (Delhi)

Men's Under 80 Kg

Gold - P. Saravana Kumar (Goa)

Silver - Shivansh Tyagi (Delhi)

Bronze - Yasin Muhammed (Kerala), Abhijeet Baliyan (Rajasthan)

Men's 87+ Kg

Gold - R. Preetham (Haryana)

Silver - P. Anand (Goa)

Bronze - Jasvant (Haryana), Vivek Prakash (Bihar)

Hockey: Women

Pool A: Haryana bt Odisha - 7-2

Pool B: Karnataka bt Goa - 7-0

Hockey: Men

Pool A: Maharashtra bt West Bengal - 4-1

Pool B: Uttar Pradesh bt Goa - 5-1

Squash: Women's Team Semi-Finals

Tamil Nadu bt Rajasthan - 3-0

Maharashtra bt Uttar Pradesh - 3-0

Men's Semi-Finals

Maharashtra bt SSCB - 2-0

Tamil Nadu bt Madhya Pradesh - 2-0

Tennis: Men's Doubles Semi-Finals

Prajwal S.D Dev/Adil Kalyanpur (Karnataka) bt Sidharth Rawat/Sidharth Vishwakarma (Uttar Pradesh) - 6-0, 6-1

Arjun Kadhe/Purav Raja (Maharashtra) bt Digvijay Pratap Singh/Karan Singh (Haryana) - 7-5, 7/6

Women's Doubles Semi-Finals

Rutuja Bhosale/ Prarthana Thombare (Maharshtra) bt Janani Ramesh/C. Sai Samhitha (Tamil Nadu) - 6/0, 6/0

C. Shravya Shivani/Rashmika S. Bhamidipaty (Telangana) bt Sharmada Balu/Soha Sadiq (Karnataka) - 6/1, 6/0

Mixed Doubles Semi-Finals

Rutuja Bhosale/Arjun Khade (Maharashtra) bt Yubrani Banarjee/ Nitin Sinha (West Bengal) - 6/3, 6/1

C. Sai Samhitha/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (Tamil Nadu) bt Sharmadha Balu/Prajwal S.D Dev - 5/7, 7/6 (5), 10-7

Diving: 1 M Spring Board Women

Gold - Palak Sharma (Madhya Pradesh)

Silver - Hruthika Shriram (Maharashtra)

Bronze - Annesha Dhara (West Bengal)

Water Polo: Women's Semi-Finals

Kerala bt Maharashtra - 16-7, West Bengal bt Karnataka - 16-5

Water Polo: Men's Semi Finals

SSCB bt Kerala - 13-6, Maharashtra bt West Bengal - 16-5

Women's Football Semi-Finals

Odisha bt West Bengal - 0-0 (5-4)

Manipur bt Haryana - 1-1 (3-2)

Men's Football

Pool B: Punjab drew Goa - 1-1, Services bt Karnataka - 1-0