2016 South Asian Games in Shillong and Guwahati,Assam - India finish on top with 308 medals in the 12th South Asian Games February 05 -16,2016

 

India’s regional supremacy went unchallenged as the hosts were crowned overall champions for the 12th consecutive time, after notching up a record-breaking haul of 308 medals, at the South Asian Games.

With women boxers scooping all three gold medals on offer and the judokas also bagging two gold and two silver on the last day of the Games, India's final tally came to 188 gold, 99 silver and 30 bronze medals.

It was a massive jump in medal count for the Indians, who had won 175, including 90 gold, in the previous edition of the Games in 2010.

On the final day of competitions, action was restricted to this hill town Shillong where women boxers and judokas fought their summit bouts.

First off the blocks were pugilists, who ensured that India scored a Perfect 10 in boxing. After the men had scooped all the seven gold medals on offer on Monday, the women made a clean sweep on Tuesday February 16,2016

London Olympics bronze-medallist MC Mary Kom (51kg), former world champion L Sarita Devi (60kg) and Asian Games bronze winner Pooja Rani (75kg) picked up the top honours in their respective categories.

India's star woman boxer MC Mary Kom beat Sri Lanka's Anusha Kodituwakku Dilrukshi through a technical knockout (TKO) in a flyweight category bout lasting less than 90 seconds.

The five-time wrld boxing champion, who entered the ring amid loud cheers, was tested in the very first second by a wild swing by the Lankan.
Anusha was injured during the bout, hurting her right knee. The first Sri Lankan boxer to win gold at the 2003 Asian Championship, Anusha, however, returned to the ring after nursing her injury.
But her effort was shortlived as in the very next moment she was brought down by Mary Kom's straight punch.
"Anusha has sustained a torn ligament on her right knee. It will take her two-three months to recuperate," a Sri Lankan Boxing official said after the bout.

 

Avatar Singh took just 49 seconds from the stipulated five minutes to prevail over his Afghan opponent Mohammad Ismail Kakar en route to the gold medal in the men's under 90kg.
Pooja, on the other hand, overcame a strong challenge from Beenish Khan of Pakistan in an evenly-contested duel before the Indian sealed off the issue in 3:03 minutes from the stipulated four in women's U-70kg.
Women's U-78kg was tricky as there was only four contestants and Aruna (200 points) was edged out by by gold medallist Fouzia Mumtaz (210) of Pakistan in a round-robin league.
It was the fifth battle of the day between the two rivals, and Mumtaz clinched the issue in just four minutes.
Pitted against Shah Hussain Shah in the men's U-100kg final, Shubham Kumar simply lost against the celebrated Pakistani, who won in just one minute and 29 seconds to clinch the gold.
Indian judokas emerged overall winners with nine gold, three silver from 12 disciplines to push Pakistan (2-2-8) and Nepal (1-2-6) to second and third places, respectively.

 

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	India	188	90	30	308
2	Sri Lanka	25	63	98	186
3	Pakistan	12	37	57	106
4	Afghanistan	7	9	19	35
5	Bangladesh	4	15	56	75
6	Nepal	3	23	34	60
7	Maldives	0	2	1	3
8	Bhutan	0	1	15	16
Total		239	240	310	789