Khelo India University Games: Ann Mariya sets national record

The weightlifter lifts 129kg in the women’s 87+ kg category; Anna University clinches gold in 4x100 swimming medley.

Ann Mariya, who set a national record in Khelo India University Games. - SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Mangalore University's Ann Mariya sparkled in the 87+ kg women’s weightlifting event at the Khelo India University Games here on Wednesday. Mariya lifted 129kg to break Manpreet Kaur's clean and jerk national record (128kg), set at the National Championships earlier this year.

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Mariya, who trains at the SAI here, missed out on equalling her own combined national record (231kg) set at the National Championships.

In the men's 4x100m medley swimming event, Anna University upset host Jain University - who counted seasoned performers Srihari Nataraj and Siva Sridhar in its ranks - to clinch gold.

• Men
• 400m Individual Medley: Siva Sridhar (Jain) 4:38.98s (New KIUG Record) (Old: 4:47.13s, Siva Sridhar, 2020) 4x100m Medley Relay: Anna University (Ben, Danush Suresh, Benediction Rohit, Adhithya Dinesh) 3:55.07s (New KIUG Record) (Old: 4:06.53s, Delhi, 2020)
• 200m Freestyle: Anurag Dagar (Panjab) 1:55.75s (New KIUG Record) (Old: 2:01.28, Siddhant Sejwal, 2020)
• 100m Butterfly: Siva Sridhar (Jain University) 56.26s (New KIUG Record) (Old: 56.76s, Mihir Ambre, 2020).
• Women
• 800m Freestyle: V. Preetha (Bangalore) 10:10.15s
• 200m Freestyle: V. Varsha (University of Madras) 2:18.26s
• 100m Butterfly: Shristi Upadhaya (Jadavpur) 1:06.69s (New KIUG Record) (Old: 1:07.36s, Sadhvi Dhuri, 2020)
• 4x100m Medley: University of Madras (V. Varsha, Madhumitha Sriram, Priyanga Pugazharasu and Yuvalakshmi Sridevi) 4:59.17s.

• Women
• 87+ kg class: Ann Mariya (Mangalore University) Snatch 101kg, Clean and jerk 129kg, 230kg (New National Record in Clean & Jerk) (Old: 128kg, Manpreet Kaur, National Weightlifting Championships 2022)

• Men's team final
• Jain bt SRM 3-2 (Shamanth Kidiyoor bt Kavin Thangam 19-21, 21-16, 21-17; Raghu Mariswamy lost to Rithvik Sanjeevi S 17-21, 15-21; Rohith lost to Hari Arunesh 23-25, 12-21; Raghu Mariswamy and Sai Pratheek bt Mauryan and Arjun Krishnan 21-14, 22-20; Rohith and Suhas bt Hari Arunesh and Rithvik Sanjeevi S 21-16, 23-21).
• Women's team
• Jain University bt Madurai Kamaraj University 2-0 (Tanya Hemanth bt Akshaya Arumugam 21-11, 21-16; Janani Ananthakumar and Drithi Yatheesh bt Arul Bala Radhakrishnan and Varshini 21-18, 21-17).

• Women
• Final: University of Madras bt SRM University 65-48.