{"id":229761,"date":"2025-02-01T19:13:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/national-games-2025-karnatakas-dhinidhi-desinghu-clinches-fifth-gold-services-climb-to-top-of-medal-tally\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T19:13:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T19:13:58","slug":"national-games-2025-karnatakas-dhinidhi-desinghu-clinches-fifth-gold-services-climb-to-top-of-medal-tally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/01\/national-games-2025-karnatakas-dhinidhi-desinghu-clinches-fifth-gold-services-climb-to-top-of-medal-tally\/","title":{"rendered":"National Games 2025: Karnataka&#8217;s Dhinidhi Desinghu clinches fifth gold, Services climb to top of medal tally"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2025\/02\/bumrah-akhtar-13-1738434539.webp?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"National Games 2025: Karnataka&#8217;s Dhinidhi Desinghu clinches fifth gold, Services climb to top of medal tally\" title=\"National Games 2025: Karnataka&#8217;s Dhinidhi Desinghu clinches fifth gold, Services climb to top of medal tally\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : X<\/span> Dhinidhi Desinghu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Karnataka&#8217;s star swimmer Dhinidhi Desinghu clinched her fifth gold medal in the ongoing 38th National Games after bagging the top prize in women&#8217;s 4x200m freestyle relay on Saturday, February 1.\u00a0  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>Desinghu, who is hunting medals for fun, helped her team beat competition from Gujarat and Maharashtra in the relay event. Desinghu and her other teammates &#8211; Shirin, Shalini R Dixit and Meenakshi Menon &#8211; clocked a timing of 8 minute 54.87 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Desinghu had earlier won gold medals in the women&#8217;s 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 4x100m freestyle relay and 50m freestyle events.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Services go on top of medals tally<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, Services reached the top of the medals tally in the ongoing Games for the first time. They currently have 26 medals, including 14 Gold, 7 Silver and 5 Bronze medals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Karnataka are second in the tally with a total medal count of 23 &#8211; 13 Gold, 5 Silver and 5 Bronze. Defending champions Maharashtra occupy the third spot currently with 41 medals (11 Gold, 18 Silver and 12 Bronze), while Manipur, who were in first place a day before, dropped to the fourth spot with 24 medals (11 Gold, 9 Silver and 4 Bronze).<\/p>\n<p>Paris Olympian Srihari Nataraj led Karnataka to the men&#8217;s 4x200m freestyle relay gold, with the team clocking 7:45.82. Nataraj&#8217;s other teammates were Dhakshan S, Shoan Ganguly and Aneesh S Gowda.<\/p>\n<p>In the shooting arena, the Punjab duo of Arjun Babuta and Ojasvi Thakur clinched the 10m air rifle mixed team gold medal.<\/p>\n<p>The Punjab duo defeated Maharashtra&#8217;s Arya Borse and Rudrankksh Patil 16-12 in the gold medal match on Day 4 of the shooting events.<\/p>\n<p>Both the pairs were involved in an intense finale with nothing much to separate them\u00a0before the Punjab duo sealed the win with a final shot score of 21.4 against Maharashtra&#8217;s 21.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n0.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It feels absolutely amazing to win gold for our state, and of course, it was a true team effort,&#8221; said the 16-year-old Ojasvi, after the gold medal win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While on the shooting range and aiming for gold, we both focused on our individual performances, striving to achieve the maximum points,&#8221; said the 26-year-old Babuta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Updated medal tally of National Games 2025:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"tableouter\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" style=\"width:500px\">&#13;<\/p>\n<tbody>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Rank<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>State\/UT\/Team<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Gold<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Total<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Services<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Karnataka<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Maharashtra<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Manipur<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Madhya Pradesh<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Haryana<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Kerala<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Delhi<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Tamil Nadu<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<tr>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>Odisha<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/tr>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/tbody>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/other\/national-games-2025-karnataka-dhinidhi-desinghu-clinches-fifth-gold-services-climb-to-top-of-medal-tally-2025-02-02-974209\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : X Dhinidhi Desinghu. 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