South Asian Games 2016- Day One

Catch the LIVE moments of Opening ceremony of 12th @OCSAG2016 from Shillong pic.twitter.com/D9RQOqHFfh
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#SAG2016: Another #Gold Medal for INDIA in Women's Swimming
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Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy beat Rais Uddin/Jaman 21-8 21-9

In the 10m Fly, Supriyo Mondal wins the silver medal

#SAG2016: Mirabai Chanu Saikhom,Harshdeep Kaur & T Vijyalaxmi won Gold medal in Weightlifting & Cycling respectively pic.twitter.com/urvOnuAANU
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#SAG2016 : Congrats!!! INDIA
Another Gold for India. pic.twitter.com/3IZtxZOIuT
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Shivangi Katariya has won the Gold in the 200m Freestyle with a time of 2 mins 8 secs

Saurabh Sangvekar won the silver in the 200m Freestyle event for India to raise their tally to 6 for the day

HS Prannoy beats Ayman Jaman 21-14 21-13 to give India a 1-0 lead over Bangladesh

A third Weightlifting Gold for India of the day! Harshdeep Kaur wins it in Women's 53kg with a tally of 171

Superb from Harshdeep Kaur! Manages to lift 92kg to put herself in prome position to win Gold

At the end of the Snatch section, it is Kaur who leads the way with a total of 73 kg, despite having got her 2nd and 3rd attempt wrong

Harshdeep Kaur increases the load to 77kg, but fails to lift the number in her 2nd attempt

Harshdeep Kaur does well in the Snatch of the Women's 73 kg category in Weightlifting

Halicharan brought down on the flanks. #BacktheBlue #ReplicateSAFFwin #IndianFootball
— Indian Football Team (@AiffMedia) February 6, 2016

The capatain Rinas leading from the front! Sri Lanka 1-0 India

GOAL!!!!!!! Sri Lanka have scored in their match against India

Abhishek Verma and Rajat Chauhan are off to a good start in the Men's Archery event

Second Gold for India in Weightlifting today, courtesy Guru Raja in the Men's 56kg event.

raja finishes with a total of 241 while Lakmal of Sri Lanka is second with 239

Thats put him in 1st place in the Men's 56 kg category

Superb from Guru Raja! Back-to-bac 133kgs lifts

Superb from Guru Raja!!! Lifts 133 kg in his 2nd attempt.

In squash, Ravi Doixit defeated Vijay Kumar 3-2 in the 2nd Round of the selection trials

Fine effort from Guru Raja! Lifts a weight of 130 kg

India's Guru Raja finshes second with efforts of 100kg and 104 kg

In his second attempt, Guru Raja couldnt left a weight of 104 kg

Guru Raja successfully lifts 100kg in his 1st attempt

India's Guru Raja lifts a weight of 55.7 kg in the Men's Weightlifting

Mirabhai won the Gold after an effort of 169 kg

India win the Gold in the weightlifting with Mirabhai Chanu Saikh winning in the 48kg category

India have won the GOLd in the Cycling with Vidya Lakshmi and also the silver as well

Team india before the 1st match with official kitting#teamindia #safgames2016 #teamevent #blueeverywhere #teamspirit pic.twitter.com/ipUSP21qIb
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Some of the events to look forward to on Day One are Squash, Cycling, Football, Kho-Kho, Archery and Volleyball

The spectacular cultural extravaganza at the opening ceremony of 12 South Asian Games 2016 #SouthAsianGames2016 pic.twitter.com/VAEMb9wdbh
— SouthAsianGames 2016 (@OCSAG2016) February 5, 2016

Welcome to Day One coverage of the 2016 South Asian Games