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Hosts, India resume gold hunt today
COLOMBO, Dec 25: India and Sri Lanka. sharing 26 of the 28 golds awarded so far at the fifth South Asian Federation
(SAF) Game*. are Upped towin eompfttilon resume* here Thursday after the Christmas
Indian athlete* are expected to haul tn a string of first place* in the 25 track and field Oenta. while the Srl Lanka'1* are firm favourtUcs for ■lx mere golds tn the swim n*ng
Only If India* top .wimmer Sebastian Xavier, who ha* yet Of d*^shell tn the remaining gvants* could Srl Lanka's swimisers have a fight on their
. But local duo Julian Bolling ■ nd hl* cousin Dipika Chanmugam, who have already
new Games records for Srt Lanka are still expected to collect more golds tn the pool. I Apart from athletics and gwtmrntng. India and Srl Lanka will also be fighting for honours in shooting and len-gh
: Pakistan hold the ace* tn the boxing, with nine finalists against India'* *lx and Sri Lanka's five.
■ Pakistan Is also expected to Shine in basketball, table ten-tiia and the glamour track and field event* traditionally dominated by their arch rivals India.
TUESDAY'S ROUND-UP
An earlier AFP report said: Indian athlete* grabbed the spotlight for the first time as Srt Lankan swimmers continued to smash records on the third day of Games Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's SAF Games captain Julian Bolling and local pomenr star Qipika Chanmugam each set up two more records in swimming to give their side a total of eight swimming golds as against four gold* by the favourites India
Bolling broke, his own records In the 400m individual medley and 2OOm freestyle, both the previous mark* being established at the third SAF Games in Calcutta In 1987.
Nlnctecn-year-old Dlpika erased records in the women's 200m freestyle and 100m breaststroke to collect her fourth gold medal after her -ecord-breaking performance In the 100m backstroke and 4OOm Individual medley on Monday.
India's Sangita Rao also Tehani Weerasinghe also broke the existing women's 100m breaststroke record of 1 min 22.19 sees established by Indian Persis Madan in the 1984 Games.
India's Josscy Mathew ran his best-ever race to win the men's 800m final from Pakistan's Nadir Khan in 1 min
erased the previous record of 2 mln 22.25 secs In the women's 2OOm freestyle though finishing second to Diplka. It was first set up by India's Anita Sood at the inau gural Games in Kathmandu six yearsago.
Besides Diplka. compatriot 40.94 sec* Jossey said after vards II was the toughest rar he had run.
India won five of the seven golds on offer tn the athletic*
Srl Lanka's Mar sprinter Srlyantha Dtasanayake collected the solitary gold for the home side when he won the men s 200m.
Paktalan * Ghulam Abbas established the day's only track and field record when he bettered hl* own SAF timing in the men's 400 meters hurdles clocking 50.14 sec*.
Abbas had run it in 50.68 sec* tn the fourth SAF Game* tn Islamabad in 1989
India won two golds in tenni* when it defeated Srt Lanka in the final* of the men * and women * team
Pakistan nd Bangladesh, he losing semi finalists In both sections, shared the bronze medals.
Srt Lanka added to it* gold haul winning two In the shooting events which are being held for the first time in the SAF Game*.
Maldives recorded a 1’0 win over Nepal in a Group B football match while reigning champions Pakistan kept their hopes alive by defeating Bangladesh by a solitary goal in a Group A game.
The Maldives' victory, which came off a goal by forward Ismail Asif in the 30th minute, shattered Nepal's chances of a berth in the final. The Nepalese team had earlier drawn their match against hosts Sri Lanka.
Maldives now meet Srl Lanka on Thursday to decide who would go into the final from their three-nation group.
After a blank first half against Bangladesh. Qazi Mohammad Ashfaq scored the winning goal for Pakistan in the 83rd minute. The win took Pakistan to the top of Group A They were earlier held to a draw by India.