{"id":49915,"date":"2018-10-27T02:22:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T20:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=49915"},"modified":"2018-10-27T02:22:57","modified_gmt":"2018-10-26T20:52:57","slug":"ne-olympic-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/10\/27\/ne-olympic-games\/","title":{"rendered":"NE Olympic Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arunachal’s medal count soars to 55<\/strong><\/h2>\n

[ M Doley ]<\/strong><\/p>\n

IMPHAL, Oct 26:<\/strong> Arunachal Pradesh added three more gold medals on day three of the North East Olympic Games here in Manipur on Friday.
\nLalu Taku and Sambo Lapung won a gold medal each in weightlifting while Madin Hina bagged the gold medal in judo.
\nArunachal added a total of 31 medals on day-three, bringing the total medal count to 55 [15 gold, 9 silver, 31 bronze].<\/p>\n

\"\"Commonwealth Youth and Junior Champion Taku clinched the gold with a total lift of 270 kg in the men’s 71 kg weight category.
\nHe lifted 120 kg in snatch and 150 kg in clean-and-jerk.
\nSAF Games Champion Sambo lifted a total of 300 kg [snatch 135 kg + clean-and-jerk 165 kg] in men’s 81 kg weight category.
\nRuba Tadu won a silver medal in the men’s 67 kg category. He lifted 108 kg in snatch and 138 kg in clean-and-jerk [total 245 kg].
\nLiza Kamsa won the silver medal in the women’s 64 kg category by lifting 60 kg in snatch and 86 kg in clean-and-jerk [total 146 kg].
\nPH Roshni won another silver medal for the state in the women’s 71 kg category. She lifted 77 kg in snatch and 90 kg in clean-and-jerk [total 167 kg].
\nBoni Mangkhiya won a bronze in women’s 59 kg category. Anai Wangsu won bronze in the in the 55 kg category.
\nSorom Hitlar Tagru, one of the gold medal prospects in the men’s 89 kg category, was debarred from participation in the competition due to less bodyweight.
\nJudokas Dindu Chukla and Silom Tesia won a silver medal each in men’s and women’s category respectively.
\nKamdon Boi, Rahul Mipi, Yari Maying, and Ehalu Tesia bagged a bronze medal each in judo.
\nIn boxing, Muni Leya [51 kg], Posan Kongkan [54 kg], and Doi Tapoida [75 kg] won a bronze medal each in women’s section.
\nIn the men’s section, Techi Maniya [49 kg], Kumar Beyong [52 kg], Aguk Juja [56 kg], and Biri Taro [64 kg] won a bronze medal each.
\nJohn Tagru is the only boxer from the state to reach the final.
\nIn Taekwondo, Nabam Menia bagged a silver medal in the women’s U-49 kg Kyorugi event, while Kipa Memey bagged a bronze in the U-57 kg category in the same event.
\nIn Wushu, Mercy Ngaimong won the bronze medal in chanquan event while Mepung Lamgu won a bronze in Tai Chi Jian.
\nRealu Boo won the silver medal in women’s Tai-Chi.
\nOther bronze medalists in Wushu in the women’s category were Onilu Tega [-48 kg], Taug Ama [-60 kg], and Chera Yagu [-65 kg].
\nIn the men’s category, Kigo Yoka [-56 kg], and Ripaksho Chikro [-60 kg] won a bronze medal each.
\nThree players have assured a silver medal each as they reached the finals.
\nIn badminton, Arunachal entered into the finals of women’s singles, women’s doubles and men’s doubles.
\nLaa Yajum defeated H Jyotichandra of Assam 21-9, 21-11 to reach the women’s singles final. She will play against Maheswari of Manipur in the final on Saturday.
\nThe pair of Pinky Karki and Taring Yania defeated Hriati and Zuali of Mizoram 21-18, 21-19 to reach the women’s doubles final.
\nPinky and Yania will meet Purnima and Somi Bala of Manipur in the final tomorrow.
\nRaja Gupta and Akshay Raito defeated Konsam Sandeep and Bidyachandra of Manipur to reach the men’s doubles final.
\nIn the men’s singles, Sonam Tamang lost 21-1 and 21-18 to Bidyasagar Salam of Manipur and settled for the bronze medal.
\nIn mixed doubles, the pair of Tania Yasap and Rahul Thapa went down fighting 21-18, 21-19 to their opponents from Mizoram and settled for the bronze.
\nAchik Wangsa won a bronze medal in javelin throw.
\nArunachal’s men’s and women’s football teams lost their opening matches against Assam and Meghalaya respectively.
\nThe men’s team lost 2-3 to Assam while the women’s team was defeated by Meghalaya 3-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arunachal’s medal count soars to 55 [ M Doley ] IMPHAL, Oct 26: Arunachal Pradesh added three more gold medals on day three of the North East Olympic Games here in Manipur on Friday. Lalu Taku and Sambo Lapung won a gold medal each in weightlifting while Madin Hina bagged the gold medal in judo. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}