SANDEEP, AMIT CLINCH GOLD AT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

NEW DELHI: Rio Olympian Sandeep Tomar and Amit Dhankar were among the gold medal winners in their respective weight categories at the ongoing Senior National Wrestling championship at Gonda, Uttar Pradesh.

The bout between Utkarsh Kale and London Olympian Amit Kumar in men’s 57kg free style category proved to be the highlight of the day, in which Kale stunned the more experi enced Amit in the semifinals to set up a summit clash with Sandeep Tomar.

However, in the final, Kale ran out of steam and went down to Tomar to settle for a silver medal.

In another exciting contest Bajrang prevailed over Rajneesh in 65kg weight division before getting the better of Rahul Mann in the final to finish on the top of the podium.

In 70kg category, Amit Dhankar clinched the yellow metal by defeating Vinod Kumar in his final bout.

HARIKA PLAYS OUT TWO DRAWS ON DAY THREE

CAP D’AGDE, FRANCE: Indian Grand Master Harika Dronavall played out two draws on day three of the 14th Anatoly Karpov rapid internationa chess tournament.

Harika, who started the day in seventh position, on Sunday took on the local favourite and Grand Master Edouard Romain with an ELO rating of 2628 in her round five game.

In the next game, the world No 5 Indian went head-to-head against another local Grand Master Sebag Marie with ELO rating of 2488.

She started off on an aggres sive note in order to build pres sure on her opponent. However the Frenchwoman stood her ground and put up a defiant show to escape with a draw.