Pune crowned champions of Maharashtra State Olympic Games
Pune, 12th January 2023: Pune was crowned champions on the concluding day of the Maharashtra State Olympic Games after bagging five gold medals each in swimming and cycling here at the Balewadi Sports Complex on Thursday.
The sporting powerhouse received the Champions Trophy from Divisional Commissioner Saurav Rao during the colourful closing ceremony, drawing the curtains down on the 12-day competition that had seen over 10,000 athletes fighting for gold and glory in close to 40 sports in 8 cities of Maharashtra.
Overall, Pune took 116 gold, 96 silver and 105 bronze medals for a total of 317. Thane took home the runners-up trophy, grabbing 47 gold, 34 silver and 37 bronze. Kolhapur finished third.
The Best Male Athlete was Rishabh Das of Thane, who fished out 5 gold from the swimming pool. The Best Female Athlete was Pune’s Shraddha Talekar, who also took 5 gold from gymnastics.
Welcoming the guests, Sports Commissioner Dr Suhas Divse said, “We had a great event because of teamwork between the MOA and the Sports Department. The Maha Games will go down as a historic event and do wonders to sports in the state.”
Chief guest Saurav Rao pointed out that the government is extending all support and facilities to the athletes. “It is up to the athletes to take advantage of this. I am sure we will soon produce Olympians,” he said.
Maharashtra Olympic Association secretary Namdev Shirodkar offered the vote of thanks.
On the last day of the Games, 25 gold medals were on offer in boxing and over a dozen in wushu. Though Pune wasn’t expected to dominate the medals tally in these two events, the contingent would have aimed to pocket a few yellow metals to maintain their top standing and then bank of the swimming pool.
Pune, Thane and Mumbai had been the dominant teams in the swimming pool over the last few days and things were no different on Thursday. Pune clinched five of the six gold medals in the women’s category with Sadhavi Dhuri bagging an individual double (50m butterfly and 100m freestyle) before joining force with her other teammates to clinch the 4x200m and 4x50m freestyle gold medals.
In the diving events, Solapur’s Esha Waghmode upset National Games gold medallist Medhali Redkar of Mumbai to clinch the women’s 1m Springboard gold medal.
Results:
BOXING:
Men:
46-48kg: Gold: Pawan Salave (Dhule), Silver: Shaikh Rehan (Akola), Bronze: Lumen Shahu (Nagpur), Prathamesh Avhad (Jalgaon)
48-51kg: Gold: Sajid Mohd (Jalgaon), Silver: Vaibhav Shinde (Akola), Bronze: Gopal Kandare (Jalgaon), Amith Kumar (PCMC)
51-54kg: Gold: Ashutosh Bharati (Satara), Silver: Ajahar Ali (Kolhapur), Bronze: Aman Yadahv (Mumbai), Sanket Tayde (Jalgaon)
54-57 kg: Gold: Kailash Jadhav (Kolhapur), Silver: Ajinkya Gaikwad (PCMC), Qasim Ansari (Palghar), Arjun Gupta (Jalgaon)
57-60kg: Gold: Rohit Chavan (Pune), Silver: Shashikanth Yadav (MUBA), Bronze: Harivansh Tawari (Kolhapur), Sidhart Supkale (Jalgaon)
60-63kg: Gold: Yash Gaud (Akola) Silver: Ketan Sarode (Akola) Bronze: Anil Aauji (Pune), Shreyas Yadav (PCMC)
63.5-67kg): Gold: Nagesh Kharare (Jalgaon) Silver: Manik Singh (Kolhapur) Bronze: Vaibhav Shinde (Mumbai), Akash Manere (Pune)
67-71kg: Gold: Mohammed Rahil (Kolhapur) Silver: Ashutosh Gautam (Jalgaon) Bronze: Prasad Pardeshi (Pune), Mohit More (Mumbai Suburbs)
71-75kg: Gold: Nikhil Dubey (Mumbai Suburbs) Silver: Paramveer Singh (Thane) Bronze: Yugandhar Tamvat (Mumbai), Ashish Maske (Nanded)
75-80kg: Gold: Kalicharan Kharare (Jalgaon) Silver: Ketan Gaikwad (PCMC) Bronze: Kshitu Tiwari (Kolhapur), Abhishek Avhad (Mumbai)
80-86kg: Gold: Mrual Zarekar (Mumbai) Silver: Archit Shivdas (Raigad) Bronze: Arvind Gakeshwar (Chandrapur) Ishant Alhot (Aurungabad)
86-92kg: Gold: Saurabh Lenkar (Mumbai) Silver: Shaqib Pathan (Kolhapur) Bronze: Akash Jadhav (Thane), Akash More (Pune)
92+kg: Gold: Reynold Joseph (Pune) Silver: Ashish Mahadik (Mumbai Suburbs) Bronze: Sameer Sheikh (Akola), Vishal Bharauwaj (Raigad)
WOMEN
45-48kg: Gold: Priyanka Shirsale (Jalgaon), Silver: Pratiksha Parchake (Wardha), Bronze: Gayatri Patil (Raigad), Rajnandini Ghorpade (Pune)
46-50kg: Gold: Janhavi Waghmare (Mumbai), Silver: Yashashri Dhanawade (Satara), Bronze: Ruchika Wadte (Wardha), Yogita Pardeshi (Pune)
50-52kg: Gold: Diya Bache (AOL), Silver: Vandana Rathod (Thane), Bronze: Aarya Kulkarni (Pune), Asmita Dubey (Mumbai)
52-54kg: Gold: Rishika Hole (Satara), Silver: Vaishali Wakode (Jalgaon), Bronze: Chaitanshy Shah (Mumbai Suburbs), Dipali Surwade (Buldhana)
54-57kg: Gold: Mrunal Jadhav (Satara), Silver: Anita Gupta (Mumbai Suburbs), Bronze: Samruddhi Jagdale (Pune), Neha Mhatre (Palghar)
57-60kg: Gold: Poonam Kaithwas (AOL), Silver: Sakshi Kadam (Mumbai), Bronze: Sneha Wanawe (Nagpur), Jyoti Shah (PCMC)
60-63kg: Gold: Ranjana Rajbhar (Mumbai Suburbs), Silver: Sonika Sangwan (Satara), Bronze: Nikita Turkane (Nagpur), Tejaswini Pakhare (Buldana)
63-66kg: Gold: Sneha Shelar (MUBA), Silver: Sneha Kharatmal (Mumbai), Rutuja Jadhav (Aurangabad), Rutuja Tamboli (Pune)
66-70kg: Gold: Mitika Gunele (MUBA), Silver: Laxmee Mehra (Pune), Bronze: SWapnali Ghodake (PCM), Rutuja Kale (Pune)
70-75kg: Gold: Vidhi Rawal (AOL), Silver: Yeshshri Sakhare (Gadchiroli), Bronze: Jincy Maria (Mumbai Suburbs), Neha Wagh (Aurangabad)
76-81kg: Gold: Sakshi Gaidhani (Akola), Silver: Pradhyna Gaikwad (Chandrapur), Bronze: Nikita Dolare (Pune), Gayatri Jalela (Mumbai Suburbs)
+81 kg: Gold: Rutuja Devkar (Mumbai), Silver: Priyanka Khandare (Akola), Bronze: Ishika Warwade (Nagpur), Tejashri Kale (Pune)
DIVING
Men:
1m springboard: Gold: Anuj Shah (Mumbai) 241.10, Silver: Kabir Rao (Mumbai) 211.80, Bronze: Rohan Sbrani (Mumbai) 192.05
Women:
1m springboard: Gold: Esha Waghmode (Solapur) 148.15, Silver: Medhali Redkar (Mumbai) 132.95, Silver: Kshama Bangera (Mumbai) 124.55
HANDBALL
Men:
Gold: Sangli, Silver: Krida Prabodhini, Nagpur, Bronze: Mumbai, Solapur
Women:
Gold: Kolhapur, Silver: Nagpur, Bronze: Pune, Akola
RUGBY SEVENS
Men:
Gold: Kolhapur, Silver: Mumbai City, Bronze: Thane
Women:
Gold: Satara, Silver: Thane, Bronze: Kolhapur
SWIMMING
Men
50m Butterfly
1.Suchit Patil (Raigad) 26.32 2. Heer Shah (Mumbai) 26.43 3. Sahil Pawar (Pune) 26.46
200m Backstroke
1. Rishabh Das (Thane) 2:17.55 2. Mohammed Chawdhary (Mumbai) 2:22.08 3. R Shrijan Reddy (Pune) 2:26.38
100m Freestyle
1. Heer Shah (Mumbai) 53.18 2. Shwejal Mankar (Pune) 54.66 3. Suchit Patil (Raigad) 54.76
Women
50m Butterfly
1. Sadhvi Dhuri (Pune) 30.75 2. Jyoti Patil (Mumbai) 30.97 3. Taesha Fernandes (Thane) 31.83
1500m Freestyle Open: 1. Dolly Patil (Pune) 19:18.54 2. Amrita Pradeep Kumar (Thane) 19:19.41 3. Purva Gawade (Pune) 19:50.50
4 x 200m Freestyle
1. Pune (Diksha Yadav, Sadhvi Dhuri, Purva Gawade, Dolly Patil) 10:02.85 2. Thane (Taesha Fernandes, Raghavi Ramanujan, Vanshika Parti, Amrita Praeep Kumar) 10:10.15 3. Solapur (Shubhangi Macharia, Shrushti Shete, Purva Ligade, Shravani Suryawanshi) 14:55.45.
200m Backstroke
1. Pratisha Dangi (Thane) 2:32.56 2. Bhakti Wadkar (Pune) 2:35.06 3. Raghavi Ramanujam (Thane) 2:38.04
100m Freestyle
1. Sadhvi Dhuri (Pune) 1:02.87 2. Amrita Pradeep Kumar (Thane) 1:03.37 3. Diksha Yadav (Pune) 1:03.37
Mixed
4 x 50m Freestyle
1. Pune (Diksha Yadav, Shwejal Mankar, Sadhvi Dhuri, Sahil Pawar) 1:48.56 2. Mumbai (Deepak Patil, Aarti Patil, Jyoti Patil, Heer Shah) 1:49.17 3. Thane (Pratisha Dangi, Amrita Pradeep Kumar, Nidhish Mhapsekar, Rishabh Das) 1:49.36
WEIGHTLIFTING
Women:
87kg: Gold: Komal Wakale (Ahmednagar) 207, Silver: Snehal Bhongale (Kolhapur) 197, Bronze: Akshada Kadam (MKP) 120
+87kg: Gold: Yogita Khedkar (Ahmednagar) 188, Silver: Ruchika Dore (Pune) 170, Bronze: Priti Deshmukh (Amrawati) 165
Men:
96kg: Gold: Vaishnav Thakur (Pune) 327, Silver: Manish Mahajan (Jalgaon) 280, Bronze: Rituraj Gaikwad (MKP) 265
102kg: Gold: Chirag Waghavale (Pune) 325, Silver: Netranjan Patil (Aurangabad) 260, Bronze: Dhiraj Kamble (Sangli) 230
109kg: Gold: Wasim Sayyad (Pune) 260
+109kg: Gold: Chinmay Jadhav (MKP) 222
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