South Asian Games- Day 3

Abhilash Chrsitopher wins the Gold in Men's 105kg event

Sanjeep Sejwal wins the Gold in thr 50m Freestyle.. Puneet Rana wins silver

PS Madhu and Sethu Manickval win the Gold and the Silver respectively in the 100m backstroke

The Indian pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy won gold at men's doubles badminton, beating Sachin Dias and Buwaneka Gunathilaka of Sri Lanka 21-12, 21-11

Pradeep Singh Wins #Gold for #India in Men's #Weightlifting 94 kg Championship #SouthAsianGames2016 pic.twitter.com/hTPiNQ6tkG
— DD Sports (@ddsportsindia) February 8, 2016

They are a game away from getting the gold for India

Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy have the opening game 21-14

V Malvika won the Gold in the Women's 800m Freestyle

Rajat Chauhan wins Gold for India in the Men's Compound event

Kidambi Srikanth beats Gounathilaka of 21-14 21-14 in the opening match of the final

What a fightback this is from the Sri Lankan ! He has made it 14-12

After winning the opening game, Srikanth is 11-4 in front at the interval

Srikanth leads 19-13 in the final of the Men's event

Joshna Chinappa wins squash individual gold at the South Asian Games

Vikas Thakur Win Gold for #India in #Weightlifting Championship #SouthAsianGames2016 pic.twitter.com/coWIuCPJfy
— DD Sports (@ddsportsindia) February 8, 2016

Vikas Thakur wins the Gold in the Men's 85kg Weightlifting

Ruthvika Shivani Gadde has won her opening game against Rulaly 21-5

1-0 to India in the Women's semifinal.. PV Sindhu beats Alina 21-9 21-9

The opening game goes to Sindhu 21-9

PV Sindhu leads 19-7 in the opening match of their semifinal

#SouthAsianGames2016 India leads the medal tally with 31 gold, 12 silver and 3 bronze medal..Go India !!
— SouthAsianGames 2016 (@OCSAG2016) February 8, 2016

Another gold for India in Archery as the Apurva Shende and Abhishek Verma win the Gold in the Mixed team event

India Cycling Woman Team wins the Gold in 40KM Team Time Trail #SouthAsianGames2016
— SouthAsianGames 2016 (@OCSAG2016) February 8, 2016

After winning the opening game 21-9, Its 15-15 in the 2nd game

#SAG2016 : Kavita Devi wins #Gold in Women's 75 kg #Weightlifting.
— DD Sports (@ddsportsindia) February 8, 2016

On asked about the level of competition at the event, Devi felt that India were better prepared than others for the South Asian Games.

After lifting both the 92kg and 113kg efforts, Kavita Devi has sealed yet another gold for India in the Women's 75kg Weightlifting

Ajay Jayaram won his semifinal against Murad Aliq of Pakistan 21-11-21 18 to move into the final