Srihari Nataraj Claims Sixth Gold In 100m Freestyle At National Games

Olympian Srihari Nataraj ended his campaign in the National Games swimming competition with his sixth gold medal in the men's 100m freestyle at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex in Rajkot on Saturday. Nataraj won in 50.41 seconds, a new National Games record. Through the week, the swimmer from Karnataka watched his senior Sajan Prakash (Kerala) claim five gold, two silver and a bronze medal. On Saturday, Nataraj stormed to a 100m freestyle win with Sajan finishing seventh. He accomplished his mission of claiming the two freestyle sprint gold medals to add to the two backstroke titles besides anchoring Karnataka relay squads to two gold.

SP Likhit made a clean sweep of the three men's breaststroke events by winning the 100m event, helping Services to increase their haul of gold to 44 so far and maintain a gap with second-placed Haryana, who have 30 gold.

Maharashtra continued their bid to challenge Haryana, with just two gold medals fewer.

Karnataka have risen to the fourth spot with 23 gold medals, including 19 from the Aquatics competitions.

Tamil Nadu, whose 4x100m Medley relay squad defeated Karnataka in the final event of the Aquatics competition for the team's only gold from the swimming pool, are in fifth place on the medal table.

A 2-0 win for Gujarat men in the Soft Tennis final against Madhya Pradesh saw the host state end the day with an unprecedented 11 gold medals so far.

In Gandhinagar, Delhi Judoka Mohit Sherawat went for broke despite fighting with a dislocated right shoulder in his semifinal and final bouts to win the 81kg class gold.

The National champion had dislocated his shoulder midway through the quarterfinal against Sarabjit Singh of Punjab.

In Road Cycling competition, Karnataka ace Naveen John