The 22-year-old Binita lifted a total weight of 182 kg -- 77 in the snatch and 105 in the clean and jerk sections -- to power herself to gold at Jamshedpur.
Rohini defeated Manipur’s Brojeshori Devi Lourembam in the open weight final of the judo event. Rohini’s team-mates Kutuja Multani (48kg) and Pooja Shahapurka (70 kg) won bronze medals.
Results, weightlifting: Men: Over 105kg: Sarabjit (Jharkhand) 345 (160+185) 1; Sandeep Kumar (Services) 319 (138+181) 2; Prabhakar Vompo (Andhra Pradesh) 290 (132+158) 3. Upto 105kg: Gurmeet Singh (Jharkhand) 303 (140+163) 1; Pradeep Singh (Services) 285 (125+160) 2; Abdul Arif 275 (116+159) 3. Women: 75kg: Binita Devi (Karnataka) 182 (77+105) 1; Reena Kaintura (Haryana) 162 (72+90) 2; Y Omika Devi (Jharkhand) 158 (70+88) 3.
Karan impresses
Karan Rastogi left for the Serbia Davis rubber on a high note, powering Maharashtra to the men’s team championship title as the tennis programme concluded on Friday.
After Shahbaaz Singh lost the opening singles rubber to Delhi’s Ashutosh Singh 4-6, 5-7, Rastogi leveled proceedings for Maharashtra with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Vivek Shokeen. The singles gold medalist then teamed up with Nitin Kirtane to win the decisive rubber 7-5, 10-8 against Ashutosh and Shokeen.
Results, all finals: Team championship: Men: Maharashtra bt Delhi: 2-1 (Shahbaaz Singh lt to Ashutosh Singh 4-6, 5-7; Karan Rastogi bt Vivek Shokeen 6-1, 6-3; Nitin Kirtane/ Karan Rastogi bt Ashutosh Singh/ Vivek Shokeen 7-5, 10-8). Women: Delhi bt Andhra Pradesh 2-0 (Prerna Bhambri bt Zainab Sayyad Ali 6-4, 6-3; Ratnika Batra bt Sowjanya 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1).
Chakraborty, Nandi win
West Bengal’s Sourav Chakraborty and Anirban Nandi defeated Achanta Sharath Kamal and G Vinod of Tamil Nadu 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8 to clinch the men’s doubles title in the table tennis competition.
Results: Men’s singles, semifinals: Achanta Kamal (Tamil Nadu) bt Raj Mondal (West Bengal) 11-3, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9; Anirban N (West Bengal) bt Sourav C (West Bengal) 4-11, 3-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6, 12-10, 11-2. Doubles, final: Sourav C/ Anirban N (West Bengal) bt Achanta Kamal/ G Vinod (Tamil Nadu) 11-9, 6-11, 11-7, 11-8. Women’s singles, semifinals: K Shamini (Tamil Nadu) bt Mamta Prabhu (Maharashtra) 11-13, 11-4, 11-7, 11-9, 11-8; Madhurika Patkar (Maharashtra) bt Mouma Das (West Bengal) 12-10, 11-9, 11-13, 11-4, 11-8. Doubles, final: Madhurika Patkar/ Pooja Sahasrabudhe (Maharashtra) bt Mamta Prabhu/ Ashlesha Bodas (Maharashtra) 13-11, 11-8, 11-9.
