Vikas Pandey on a golden run

AMBALA CANTONMENT, AUGUST 22: Vikas Pandey once again demonstrated his prowess by winning two more gold and a silver medal in the 41st Nat...

AMBALA CANTONMENT, AUGUST 22: Vikas Pandey once again demonstrated his prowess by winning two more gold and a silver medal in the 41st National Gymnastic Championship, at the War Heroes Memorial Sports Complex here today. With this he took his gold tally to four — two on apparatus, one all-around and one team championship.

Rajeev Ranjan of Indian Railways denied Vikas Pandey, who was a member of the Indian team in the last World Cup in China, a gold in vaulting horse. Ranjan secured 8.737 points for the first position. Vikas, who trains at Allahabad under foreign coaches — Liziying of China and Alexander Fratea of Moldova — had a score of 8.687.

Executing his excercises with near clinical perfection, Vikas stole the show on the pommel horse. He was awarded highest marks — 9.025 and pushed his team mate Gaurav Shah to second spot (8.550). Awanish of Railways got bronze with 8.425.

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Vikas’ second gold on Tuesday came on floor excercise with 8.45 points. Awanish and Mahindra, both of Railways, finished second and third with 8.275 and 8.200 points respectively.

Mahindra of Railways struck gold in Roman Rings with 8.225 points. Sarfraj, also of Railways, won silver with 7.950. Bronze went to Mohit Yadav of Uttar Pradesh.

Pardeep Saini gave the hosts something to cheer about, winning the gold on parallel bars. In a close contest, he relegated SS Rao of Services Sports Control Board to the second spot. If Pardeep was awarded 8.425, the judges gave Rao 8.375 points.

Chanchala Chakraborty of West Bengal took full advantage of the absence of leading female gymnast Tumpa Debnath, who injured her left knee while dismounting on vaulting horse on Monday. Chanchala won gold medals on balancing beam and uneven bars.

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Her main rival on balancing beam was Mansi Topkar of Maharashtra and Amritha Sinha of West Bengal. Chanchala piled up 8.30 while Mani got 8.05 and Amritha 8.00.

On the uneven bars, Chanchala emerged a clear cut champion with 8.325 points. Sundri received 7.40 and Rakhi Debnath 7.23 for second and third spots respectively.

Sundri Mondal, however, had the consolation of winning gold in vaulting horse with 8.73 points. Chanchala and Geeta of Punjab finished second and third with 8.68 and 8.58 points.

Results

Individual apparatus: Women: Vautling Horse:

1 Sundri Mondal (Rlys) 8.73; 2 Chanchala (Bengal) 8.68; 3 Geeta (Punjab) 8.58; 4 Dolly Ghosh (Bengal) 8.38; 5 Mansi Topkar (Mah) 8.35; 6 P Abem Devi (Manipur) 8.33.

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Uneven Bars: 1 Chanchala (Bengal) 8.325; 2 Sundri Mondal (Rlys) 7.40; 3 Rakhi Debnath (Bengal) 7.23; 4 P Saritha (AP) 6.70; 5 Geeta (Punjab) 6.50; 6 Mansi Topkar (Mah) 6.48.

Balancing Beam: 1 Chanchala (Bengal) 8.30; 2 Mansi Topkar (Mah) 8.05; 3 Amritha Sinha (Bengal) 8.00; 4 Poonam Chhabra (Rlys) 7.70; 5 Sundri Mondal (Rlys) 7.55; 6 Sharwari Kulkarni (Mah) 7.40.

Men: Floor: 1 Vikas Pandey (UP) 8.45; 2 Awanish (Rlys) 8.275; 3 Mahindra (Rlys) 8.200; 4 SS Rao (Services) 8.125; 5 Gaurav Shah (UP) 8.025; 6 Sham Sunder (MP) 7.775.

Pommel Horse: 1 Vikas Pandey (UP) 9.025; 2 Gaurav Shah (Rlys) 8.500; 3 Awanish (Rlys) 8.425; 4 Vishal Deshpande (Mah) 8.350; 5 Vikram (Haryana) 7.750; 6 R Srivastava (Services) 7.500.

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Roman Rings: 1 Mahindra (Rlys) 8.225; 2 Sarfraj (Rlys) 7.950; 3 Mohit Yadav (UP) and Kuldeep Kumar (Punjab) 7.925; 5 Ved Prakash (Services) 7.850; 6 Vishal Deshpande (Mah) 7.450.

Vaulting Horse: 1 Rajeev Ranjan (Rlys) 8.737; 2 Vikas Pandey (UP) 8.687; 3 Abhinav (UP) 8.612; 4 Parveen Sharma (Rlys) 8.362; 5 SKLP Shastri )AP) 8.350; 6 SS Rao (Sevices) 8.275.

Parallel Bars: 1 Pardeep Saini (Haryana) 8.425; 2 SS Rao (SSCB) 8.375; 3 Mohit Yadav (UP) 8.300; 4 Rajeev Ranjan (Rlys) 8.267; 5 Kuldeep Kumar (Punjab) 8.25; 6 M Manmode (SSCB) 8.175.

Rhythmic: Women (Individual): 1 Pallavi (Mhr) 25.875; 2 Komal (Mhr) 25.675; 3 Sonia (J-K) 25.050; 4 Rajni (Punjab) 22.775; 5 Amrutha (Mhr) 21.750; 6 Prithilaha (Bengal) 21.195.

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