National Games, October 5 in pictures: Lovlina, Hussamuddin through to next round; multiple Games records set in swimming

From Chahat Arora’s National Games record in women’s 50m breaststroke to local favourite Zeel Desai winning the women’s singles gold medal in tennis, here is a look at the best moments from the National Games on October 5.

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  05 October, 2022 21:12 IST

  05 October, 2022 21:12 IST

Sajan Prakash of Kerala sets a new National Games record (1.59.56s) in men's 200m butterfly at the 36th National Games in Rajkot on Wednesday.Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR

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Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist Lovlina Borgohain (red) of Assam beat Nishi Bharadwaj (blue) of Bihar in the preliminary round of the women's middleweight category in Boxing at the 36th National Games at Gandhinagar on Wednesday.Photo: V V Krishnan

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Chahat Arora of Punjab sets a new National Games record (33.31s) in women's 50m breaststroke at the 36th National Games in Rajkot on Wednesday.Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR

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Gujarat's Zeel Desai in action during her win over Karnataka's Sharmada Balu in the women's singles final at the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.Photo: VIJAY SONEJI

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Tamil Nadu's Manish Sureshkumar in action during his win over Maharashtra's Arjun Kadhe in the men's singles final at 36th National Games 2022 in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.Photo: VIJAY SONEJI

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Commonwealth Games bronze medallist boxer Mohammed Hussamuddin (red) of SSCB beat Satish Kumar (blue) of Uttar Pradesh in the men's featherweight category at the 36th National Games at Gandhinagar on Wednesday.Photo: V V KRISHNAN

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Hashika Ramachandra of Karnataka sets a new National Games record (2:19.12s) in women's 200m butterfly at the 36th National Games in Rajkot on Wednesday.Photo: RITU RAJ KONWAR

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From left to right: silver medallist Urwashi Joshi of Maharahstra, gold medallist Sunayna Kuruvilla of Tamil Nadu and bronze medallist Anahat Singh of Delhi - squash women's singles medallists at the 36th National Games in Gujarat on Wednesday.Photo: SAI Media

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Maharashtra's Arjun Kadhe (left) and Rutuja Bhosale (right) during their mixed doubles gold medal win over Karnataka's SD Prajwal Dev and Sharmada Balu at the 36th National Games in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.Photo: VIJAY SONEJI

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