Assam swimmers lead the medals tally on Day 2 | Media Pyro

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaNovember 11, 2022

Assam topped the medal table on the second day of the 2nd North East Olympics 2022 thanks to six gold medals in swimming events.

Seven gold medals were awarded today, a first in swimming competition, in the Crinoline swimming pool.

The only other gold was won by Manipur. Assam also bagged three silver and two bronze, while Manipur bagged four silver and two bronze. The other three bronze medals were all claimed by Tripura.

Dishant Buragohain won the 100m freestyle in 56.16 seconds, followed by Angshuman Kashyap who also won the Assam event in 56.66 seconds. Tripura’s Prasanta Poddar finished third with 59.75 seconds.

The women’s 100m race was won by Jahnabi Kashyap of Assam (01:01.51), more than five seconds ahead of Darshita Baruah (01:06.96) of Assam, with Dekalu Th Panmei (01:10.65) of Manipur trailing behind.

The men’s 50m breaststroke title was claimed by Manipur’s Ningombam Jeson Meitei (00:31.75) of Manipur, who was followed by Moiranthem Thouba Meitei (00:32.26) of Manipur and Mriganga Gogoi (00:32.51) of Assam.

The women’s 50m breaststroke was won by Disha Gogoi (00:37.38) of Assam, with Nivrti Cherian Datta (00:39.34) of Assam second and Kangabam Kevashri Devi (00:40.72) of Manipur third.

In the women’s 100m backstroke, Assam’s Krishnali Doley (01:15.59) took gold, Laitonjam Jessica Chanu (01:16.79) from Manipur silver and Adriza Rani Chetia (01:24.73) from Assam bronze.

The men’s 4x50m relay was also won by Assam (01:44.19), with Manipur (01:49.46) second and Tripura (01:54.56) third.

The men’s 4x50m freestyle relay finished the same with Assam (02:05.25) coming home first, Manipur (02:14.97) second and Tripura (02:32.22) third.