KIUG2021: Mariya sets national record

Bengaluru: The most eye-catching of the day’s performances came from the weightlifting arena, where a new national record was set in the 87+kg women category. Mangalore University’s MT Ann Mariya sparkled in the 87+ kg women’s weightlifting event at the Khelo India University Games here on Wednesday.

The 24-year-old lifted 129kg to break Manpreet Kaur’s clean and jerk record (128kg) set at the National Championships earlier this year. Jain University tightened its grip on the top spot in the medal table (G10, S4, B1), as five KIUG records and one national record were broken through the course of the day.

Results (finals) winners: Swimming: Men: 400m Individual Medley: 1. Siva Sridhar (Jain University) 4:38.98 (New KIUG record) Old: 4:47.13, Siva Sridhar, Bhubaneshwar, 2020) 4x100m Medley Relay: Anna University (Ben, Danush Suresh, Benediction Rohit, Adhithya Dinesh) 3:55.07 (New KIUG record) Old: 4:06.53, Delhi University, Bhubaneshwar, 2020)

200m Freestyle: Anurag Dagar (Panjab University) 1:55.75 (New KIUG Record) Old: 2:01.28, Siddhant Sejwal, Bhubaneshwar, 2020)

100m Butterfly: Siva Sridhar (Jain University) 56.26 seconds (New KIUG Record) Old: 56.76, Mihir Ambre, Bhubaneshwar, 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. Weightlifting: 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)

Badminton: Men’s team fi nal: 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).

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