<p> Triathletes joined the party late for India but nonetheless gave the host country both the gold medals on offer at the 12th South Asian Games here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Indians finished 1-2 in both men’s and women’s individual events as the two-day triathlon competition made a quiet beginning at the Sarusajai Sports Complex.<br /><br />Dilip Kumar bagged the men’s individual event gold with a time of 2:02:53, while compatriot Guru Datta won the silver in 2:05:31. Nuwan Kumara of Sri Lanka took the bronze in 2:10:38.<br /><br />In the women’s individual event, Pallavi Retiwala won the gold with a time of 1:11:57, while team-mate Pooja Chaurushi got the silver in 1:12:36. KC Roja of Nepal took the bronze in 1:16:00.<br /><br />Kabaddi teams progress<br /><br />India’s men and women kabaddi teams maintained their unbeaten run with comfortable victories over their rivals Pakistani to storm into the semifnals.<br /><br />The Indian men’s team thrashed Bangladesh 30-17 in the morning session before scrapping past Pakistan in the eveing with a 9-8 result.<br /><br />In the women’s section, India toyed with their Pakistani opponents to emerge an easy 56-23 victors before thrashing Bangladesh 43-11 in their last league.<br /><br />Footballers in final<br /><br />Kamala Devi and Bala Devi struck two goals each to power defending champions India to a 5-1 thrashing of Bangladesh and set up a summit clash with Nepal in women’s football.<br />India will face Nepal in a repeat of the 2010 Dhaka Games, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday.<br /><br />India produced a wave of attacks in the early minutes with the strikers combining well up front along with Sasmita Malik.<br /><br />Kamala Devi cleverly tapped home an early opportunity in the sixth minute to give the lead while Bala Devi opened her account after she converted one following a corner kick in the 13th minute. <br /><br />Medals tally<br /><br />Country G S B T<br />India 156 85 27 268<br />Sri Lanka 25 55 83 163<br />Pakistan 9 27 45 81<br />Bangladesh 4 12 43 59<br />Afghanistan 3 4 11 18<br />Nepal 1 13 22 36<br />Maldives 0 2 1 3<br />Bhutan 0 1 7 8<br /><br />Note: G: Gold, S: Silver, B: Bronze <br /></p>
<p> Triathletes joined the party late for India but nonetheless gave the host country both the gold medals on offer at the 12th South Asian Games here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Indians finished 1-2 in both men’s and women’s individual events as the two-day triathlon competition made a quiet beginning at the Sarusajai Sports Complex.<br /><br />Dilip Kumar bagged the men’s individual event gold with a time of 2:02:53, while compatriot Guru Datta won the silver in 2:05:31. Nuwan Kumara of Sri Lanka took the bronze in 2:10:38.<br /><br />In the women’s individual event, Pallavi Retiwala won the gold with a time of 1:11:57, while team-mate Pooja Chaurushi got the silver in 1:12:36. KC Roja of Nepal took the bronze in 1:16:00.<br /><br />Kabaddi teams progress<br /><br />India’s men and women kabaddi teams maintained their unbeaten run with comfortable victories over their rivals Pakistani to storm into the semifnals.<br /><br />The Indian men’s team thrashed Bangladesh 30-17 in the morning session before scrapping past Pakistan in the eveing with a 9-8 result.<br /><br />In the women’s section, India toyed with their Pakistani opponents to emerge an easy 56-23 victors before thrashing Bangladesh 43-11 in their last league.<br /><br />Footballers in final<br /><br />Kamala Devi and Bala Devi struck two goals each to power defending champions India to a 5-1 thrashing of Bangladesh and set up a summit clash with Nepal in women’s football.<br />India will face Nepal in a repeat of the 2010 Dhaka Games, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday.<br /><br />India produced a wave of attacks in the early minutes with the strikers combining well up front along with Sasmita Malik.<br /><br />Kamala Devi cleverly tapped home an early opportunity in the sixth minute to give the lead while Bala Devi opened her account after she converted one following a corner kick in the 13th minute. <br /><br />Medals tally<br /><br />Country G S B T<br />India 156 85 27 268<br />Sri Lanka 25 55 83 163<br />Pakistan 9 27 45 81<br />Bangladesh 4 12 43 59<br />Afghanistan 3 4 11 18<br />Nepal 1 13 22 36<br />Maldives 0 2 1 3<br />Bhutan 0 1 7 8<br /><br />Note: G: Gold, S: Silver, B: Bronze <br /></p>