Dhaka: India dished out their best performance today grabbing 42 medals, including 21 gold, to end the penultimate day with a total haul of 170 medals in the 11th South Asian Games here.
India won 21 gold, 13 silver and seven bronze, their
largest haul on a single day in the Games, with most medals
coming from swimming and track and field events.
With just three gold medal events -- two from table
tennis and one from marathon -- left in the Games tomorrow,
India asserted their regional supremacy by winning 88 gold, 53
silver and 29 bronze medals.
It was a keen tussle for the second and third spots
between hosts Bangladesh and Pakistan. Bangladesh have won 96
medals (18 gold, 23 silver and 54 bronze) while Pakistan have
bagged 77 medals (18 gold, 25 silver and 34 bronze).
Athletics and swimming fetched India most medals today
and in the process stamped their supremacy in both events.
India won four gold, four silver and one bronze on the
last day of athletics competition today to end their campaign
with 10 gold, 11 silver and seven bronze and push Sri Lanka
(seven gold, six silver and five bronze) to second place.
Indian swimmers ended their campaign in style, winning
four gold and a silver today to sign off with a rich haul of
16 gold, seven silver and two bronze medals.
PTI
First Published: Monday, February 08, 2010, 22:53