The Hindu : Sport : Punjab, Andhra Pradesh corner glory

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Punjab, Andhra Pradesh corner glory

Chennai: Punjab and Andhra Pradesh finished first in the gymnastics team event of the XXXII National sports festival for women, at the University Union, on Monday.

The results: Basketball (SDAT Indoor Stadium): Uttar Pradesh 37 (Ranjana Singh, Renu Maurya 10) bt Kerala 9; Punjab 56 (Rajni 19, Nimarja Shital 13) bt Andhra Pradesh 46 (Padmavathi 22, Asha Jyothi 10); Himachal Pradesh 36 (Inder Bala 25) bt Rajasthan 9; Orissa 39 bt Bihar 12; Maharashtra 59 (Shoshan Tirkey 19, Majeet Kaur 19) bt Chattisgarh 51 (Aatis Shindikar 24, Geetali Udesh Pande 15); Madhya Pradesh 34 (Nidhechandra 13) bt Jharkhand 24; West Bengal 48 (Pausali Dutta 14, Rema Mondai 10) bt Jammu & Kashmir 34 (Nisha Sharma 14); Maharashtra 36 bt Bihar 7; Andhra Pradesh 23 bt Tripura 10; Goa 44 (Nelvie Mendes 13, Melissa Fernandes 12) bt Rajasthan 11.

Gymnastics, team championship (University Union): 1. Punjab (206.95), 2. Andhra Pradesh (206.95), 3. Tripura (185.25).Swimming (Velachery Aquatics Complex): 100m breaststroke: 1. Mankiran (Pun) 1:26.01, 2. Esha Chakraborty (WB) 1:26.27; 3. Talasha Prabhu (Goa) 1:27.13; 200m individual medley: 1. Richa Mishra (Del) 2:38.37, 2. G. Meghana Gupta (Kar) 2:43.32, 3. K.A. Sinchana (Kar) 2:45.27; 4x100m medley relay: 1. West Bengal (Sounisa Das, Esha Chakraborty, Priyanka Karmarkar, Ratana Mondal) 5:04.52, 2. Delhi (Avani Sawant, Rishu Mehra, Richa Mishra, Ritu Sewal) 5:06.06, 3. Tamil Nadu (B. Harika Reddy, B. Praveena Devi, N. Arthi, U Adity Malavika) 5:08.28. — Sports Reporter