Pole-vaulter Siva Subramaniam, weightlifter Sambo Lapung break records on way to gold medals in National Games

The 18-year-old, who won the silver medal at the 2021 World Junior meet, came up with her season's best leap of 6.41m on her last attempt that put her seasoned rivals to shade. National Games champion Nayana James of Kerala, nine years Shaili's senior, had a best of 6.22m but lost the silver on countback to teammate L Sruthilekshmi, an intervarsity silver medallist, who had a second best jump of 6.20m against Nayana's 6.19m.

The four medals swelled India's tally to 20 medals including nine gold, three silver and eight bronze medals. They are now placed second behind China, who have 18 gold for a grand total of 37 medals. India's gold rush on competition day six began early with the team of Esha Singh, Shikha Narwal and Varsha Singh winning the air pistol team in the junior women's category, beating China 16-6 in the gold medal clash.

Des Cahill has announced that he is to step away from The Sunday Game after 15 seasons at the helm of RTÉ's flagship Sunday night GAA programme.

Maharashtra boxer won gold in the men's middleweight category, but stood on top of the podium, devoid of any joy. He looked skywards and thanked his coach and mentor, Dhananjay Tiwari, with folded hands. Tiwari wasn't among the spectators at the Mahatma Mandir Complex's boxing arena in Gandhinagar to cheer and watch his ward secure the biggest medal of his nascent boxing career. The coach died tragically in a highway accident while riding his bike from Mumbai to Gujarat to watch his ward in action. "I cherish this medal. I will always be thankful to my coach for shaping up my career. I'll miss him," said Dubey. After winning his quarterfinal bout on Monday, Dubey called his Mumbai-based coach to inform him about his high-octane clash against reigning national champion Sumit Kundu in the semis. The excited coach readied himself for a bike ride from Mumbai to Gandhinagar. But he met with a road accident on his way and succumbed to his injuries by the time Dubey won his 75kg category bout against the Services boxer. "It was his dream that I would win my bout against Kundu and fight for the gold medal. I spoke to him on Monday and told him I was fighting Kundu. He was so excited and said he was coming for my bout. He said, 'I know you have the ability to beat him and win the gold'," an emotional Dubey said after winning the title.

On day six of the World Judo Championships, local hero Davlat Bobonov met his adoring public to sign autographs and take pictures with the next generation of Judoka, following his amazing victory the previous day.