
ALLAHABAD, FEB 28: India8217;s hold continued for the second day as the hosts made a sweep of gold and silver medals at stake today in the first SAARC Gymnastics Championships at the Boys High School compound here.
The Indians collected 10 sets of gold and silver 8212; six men and four women 8212; in the apparatus competitions to swell their tally to 12 gold and 10 silver medals. With the rules not permitting more than two per event per country, India8217;s clean sweep was halted as Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh shared the bronze medals on offering today.
The gold and silver medals in the apparatus championships was already assured even before the start. The point of interest was narrowed to only one thing: who among Vikas Pandey and Rohit Yadav would turn out the best. And both the local boys won two gold each but the former also clinched two silver medals to one by Yadav to prove his superiority.
Results men: Floor exercise: Vikas Pandey Ind 8.300, Rohit Reddy Ind 8.100, Rajeshwar Man Sthapit Nepal7.575, Charitha Sri Lanka 7.575. Pommel horse: Vishal Deshpandey Ind 7.625, Mayank Srivastava Ind 7.550, Viraj Asanka Sri Lanka 6.125. Roman rings: Vikas Pandey Ind 7.400, Mayank Srivastava Ind 6.825, Rajeshwar Man Sthapit Nep 6.475. Vault: Rohit Yadav Ind 8.650, Sudeep Jana Ind 8.462, Jeewaka Sri Lanka 8.137. Horizontal bar: Rohit Yadav Ind 8.350, Vikas Pandey Ind 8.025, Eranga Asela Sri Lanka 6.050. Parallel bars: Praveen Sharma Ind 7.975, Vikas Pandey Ind 7.875, Mohammed Amir Ali Ban 6.075.
Women: Vault: Jaswant Kaur Ind 8.825, Neeru Jabalia Ind 8.550, Amila Tushari Sri Lanka 7.600. Uneven bars: Tumpa Debnath Ind 7.925, Ramanpreet Kaur Ind 7.100, Sarmin Sultana Ban 4.050. Balancing beam: Poonam Chabra Ind 8.250, Tumpa Das Ind 7.275, Nayami Sri Lanka 4.875. Floor exercise: Neeru Jabalia Ind 7.975, Poonam Chabra Ind 7.800, Achina Shamain Sri Lanka 6.550.