National Games, October 4 in pictures: Ram Baboo breaks NR; Amlan Borgohain shines in men’s 200m

From Amlan Borgohain’s National Games record breaking gold to Ram Baboo’s national record in race walking, here is a look at the best moments from the National Games on October 4.

Ram Baboo of Uttar Pradesh clinched the top honour and broke the national record for the men’s 35km race walk with a time of 2:36:34.00. Photo - Special arrangement

Assam’s Amlan Borgohain won the men’s 200m gold with a timing of 20.55s, a new Games Record. Karnataka’s Abhin Devadiga took silver while bronze medal went to Muhammad Ajmal of Services. Photo - V V Krishnan

Purnima Pandey (in picture) of Uttar Pradesh won gold in the women’s +87kg category with a total of 215kg, while Ann Mariya of Kerala lifted 211 kg to bag silver and Manpreet Kaur of Punjab won bronze with a total of 207kg. .Photo - V V Krishnan

Vipan Kumar of Services clinched men’s +109kg gold with a total of 356. The second placed Hitesh Kumar of Haryana was more than 15kg behind Vipan, Shyopat Singh of Rajasthan won bronze. Photo - V V Krishnan

Jyothi Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh clearly dominated the field and clinched gold with 12.79s on the clock. Photo - V V Krishnan

Jyothi Yarraji celebrates after her a National Games record breaking run. Photo - V V Krishnan

Archana Suseendran won women’s 200m gold with a time of 23.06s. Hima Das of Assam gets silver.

Maana Patel of Gujarat set a new National Games record (2:19.74) in women 200m backstroke, eventually clinching gold. Photo - Ritu Raj Konwar

In the men’s 200m backstroke, Karnataka’s Utkarsh Patil won gold with a new Games Record of 2:05.08s. Silver went to Advait Page while Karnataka’s S Siva settled for bronze. Photo - Ritu Raj Konwar

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Ram Baboo of Uttar Pradesh clinched the top honour and broke the national record for the men’s 35km race walk with a time of 2:36:34.00. Photo - Special arrangement