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National Games 2025: Neeraj won the gold medal by beating Olympic medalist Swapnil and Aishwarya

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Neeraj Kumar

SD Prajwal Dev won both his single and doubles matches against the Army Sports Control Board SSCB), with the top seed Karnataka to make it to the finals of the tennis team event with a 2–1 win. The defending champion Karnataka will take on the second seed Tamil Nadu in the gold medal match on Friday. Tamil Nadu defeated Maharashtra’s strong team 2–1 in the second semi-finals.

On behalf of Karnataka, Nikki first landed on the Poonacha court, who suffered 4-6, 6-1, 1-6 against the army’s Rishabh Aggarwal. Experienced Prajwal then defeated Ishaq Iqbal 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the second singles and pulled the match in a decisive and decisive match. Prajalav then along with Poonacha defeated the pair of Faizal Qamar and Rishabh 6-3 6-4 in the doubles match to give Karnataka to the finals. On Wednesday, the women’s team of Karnataka was out of the competition against Tamil Nadu in the quarter-finals with a 1-2 defeat.

Neeraj Kumar won gold

On the other hand, Indian Navy shooter Neeraj Kumar won the gold medal of the Men’s 50m Rifle Three Positions of the National Games by beating the Paris Olympic bronze medalist Swapnil Kusale. 25 -year -old Neeraj of the Army Sports Control Board (SSCB) topped the top position with 464.1 points. Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar of Madhya Pradesh won the silver medal with 462.4 points while the Swapnil of Maharashtra finished third with 447.7 points. Swapnil became the first Indian to win the Olympic medal in the event with a bronze medal, creating history in Paris.

Shooting ended

Meanwhile, Haryana’s Suruchi Singh and Pramod won the gold medal by defeating Anjali Shekhawat and Umesh Chaudhary of Rajasthan 17-7 in the 10m air pistol mixed team event. The Maharashtra pair of Rahi Sarnobat and Pranav Arvind Patil won the bronze medal, who defeated the Uttarakhand pair of Abhinav Deshwal and Yashasvi Joshi 17-3. With these two events, shooting competitions ended in the current sports.

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