India crosses 100-medal mark at SAG
There was no stopping India\'s onward march as it pocketed most of the gold on offer for a fourth successive day with swimmers, archers and track-and-field athletes ensuring that the host country\'s top position on the medals tally remained unchallenged in the 12th South Asian Games here on Tuesday.Â
Shillong: There was no stopping India's onward march as it pocketed most of the gold on offer for a fourth successive day with swimmers, archers and track-and-field athletes ensuring that the host country's top position on the medals tally remained unchallenged in the 12th South Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Continuing their terrific show, Indians took their overall medal count to 119 -- including 74 gold, 35 silver and 10 bronze medals. Holding on to the distant second spot were Sri Lanka with 84 medals, including 17 gold, 36 silver and 31 bronze medals.
he most stunning performance on Tuesday was by the swimmers, who swept 7 gold medals followed by track-and-field athletes and archers. The archers won all five golds of the day, while the athletes also won similar number of gold along with six silver and three bronze. Sajan Prakash bagged India's third gold and his fourth of the Games, by winning the 200m butterfly for men.
