National Games 2022, September 30 highlights in pictures

From Mirabai Chanu’s injury defying gold in weightlifting to Elavenil’s 10m rifle gold, here are the highlights from the 36th National Games day 2.

Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu defied a wrist issue to land a gold medal in the women’s 49kg category. Photo - V V Krishnan

Mirabai Chanu of Manipur won gold in the 49kg women’s weightlifting event. Sanjita Chanu of Manipur won silver while Sneha Soren of Odisha won the bronze. Photo - V V Krishnan

Parvej Khan (568) improved upon Bahadur Prasad’s 28-year-old record to win the men’s 1500m event. Photo - V V Krishnan

Tamil Nadu’s Praveen Chitravel bagged the triple jump gold with a best effort of 16.68m. Arun AB of Kerala came second while Arpinder took the bronze. Photo - V V Krishnan

Bhavani Devi won fencing gold as she defeated Jagmeet Kaur of Punjab 15-3 in the final of the sabre individual event. Photo - V V Krishnan

Rudrankksh Patil beat Arjun Babuta (R) 17-7 in the 10m air rifle final to clinch gold. Photo - V V Krishnan

Elavenil Valarivan in action at the women’s 10m air rifle competition. She beat Tilottama Sen in the final to take home the gold. Photo - Vijay Soneji

Swapna Burman of West Bengal set a Games Record of 1.83m to take home the women’s high jump gold. Photo - V V Krishnan

Women’s 1500m winner K.M. Chanda of Delhi (143) in action. She clocked 4:19.59 to fetch the gold. Photo - V V Krishnan

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Olympic silver medallist Mirabai Chanu defied a wrist issue to land a gold medal in the women’s 49kg category. Photo - V V Krishnan