BANGALORE: India boosted by its swimming

01/12/09

Sporty India Updated

BANGALORE: India boosted by its swimming contingent and badminton players leapfrogged into the third spot in the overall medals tally on the penultimate day of the Fourth International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports (IWAS) World Games 2009 with a staggering 55 medals.
India won 15 gold, 18 silver and 22 bronze medals.

China, dominating the pool, surged into the top spot with 40 gold, 16 silver and four bronze medals while Germany had 19 gold, eight silver and five bronze to show for its week long efforts.

Thailand and Russia followed India with 38 and 31 medals.
The results:
Athletics: Men: F55: Shot put (Wheelchair 4 kg): 1. Nemec Martin (Czec) 11.53m, 2. Kozun Karol (Pol) 11.09m, 3. Isaev Sergey (Rus) 10.55m; F57: Shot put: (Wheelchair 4 kgs): 1. Radenovic Boro (Cro) 12.50m, 2. Almass Ali Mohd. (Qat) 10.89m, 3. Aldhaye Majed (Kuw) 10.11m.

T54: 400m: (wheelchair): 1. Schuh Marc (Ger) 49.27s, 2. Tähti Leo-Pekka (Fin) 49.37s, 3. Vahdani Mohammad (UAE) 49.67s. T53: 400 m: (wheelchair): 1. Li Huzhao (Chn) 50.09s, 2. Yu Shiran (Chn) 52.48s, 3. Bani Hashem Mohammad (UAE) 55.14s.
T44: 400m: 1. Mayer Robert (Aut) 56.23s, 2. Filatov Alexander (Rus) 57.17s, 3. Olivera Alan (Bra) 1:00.16s; T46: 400 m: 1. Matzinger Günther (Aut) 49.57s, 2. Nosulenko Yury (Rus) 50.53s, 3. Rehouni Hamza (Alg) 51.19s.
F44: Shot put: (6 kg): 1. Slivar Josip (Cro) 14.49m, 2. Frischmann Jörg (Ger) 14.48m, 3. Ladnyy Alexey (Rus) 14.03m.

T46: 4x400m relay: 1. India 4:03.41s.
F40: Shot put: (4 kg): 1. Gherzouli Hocine (Alg) 11.95m, 2. Mester Mathias (Ger) 11.91m, 3. Dushkin Dmitry (Rus) 9.91m.
Women:
F54/58: Discus: (wheelchair 1 kg): 1. Saifi Nassima (Alg) 35.73m, 2. Eneva Stela (Bul) 35.08m, 3. Ogonji Elizabeth (Ken) 8.23m.
Swimming: Men: 50m Backstroke: S2: 1. Voijtech Franek (Czec) 2:22.50s; S4: 1. Dharmendra Ahirwar (Ind) 2:09.20s; S5: 1. Zul Amirul Sidi Abdull (Mas) 43.70s, 2. Binod Kumar Singh (Ind) 1:05.16s.

100m backstroke: S6: 1. Prajim Reangsantie (Tha) 1:41.37s, 2. Jawad Joudah (Ira) 1:47.50s, 3. Viktor Kemeny (Slo) 2:16.54s; S7: 1. Naveen Kumar (Ind) 1:49.31s, 2. Falah Al-Hazza (Ira) 1:53.37s, 3. Jan Beracka (Slov) 2:20.40s; S8: 1. Jiachao Wang (Chn) 1:16.64s; S9: 1. Prasanta Karmakar (Ind) 1:14.41s, 2. Arnel Aba (Phl) 1:19.29s, 3. James Bezuidenhout (RSA) 1:21.54s; S10: 1. Sean Lyle Clark (RSA) 1:14.91s, 2. Rimo Saha (Ind) 1:23.20s, 3. Sukhbir Singh (Ind) 1:38.79s.

Women: 100m backstroke: S7: 1. Rajni Jha (Ind) 2:12.29s. S8: 1. Xiaoqin Jin (Chn) 1:28.15s, 2. Dominika Veselenyiova (Slov) 1:46.86s, 3. Walasini Wongnonthapoo (Tha) 1:49.54s; S9: 1. Surerut Komkeaw (Tha) 1:38.79s, 2. Piyanuch Buapun (Tha) 1:42.11s, 3. Kiran Tak (Ind) 1:43.13s.
S10: 1. Kanchan Chaudhari (Ind) 1:39.62s, 2. Jadranka Maric (Slov) 1:50.16s.
Men: 400m Freestyle relay: 1. China 4:28.76s, 2. Malaysia 4:45.71s, 3. India 4:47.10s.
Women: 400m Freestyle relay: 1. China 4:55.99s, 2. Thailand 6:13.05s, 3. India 6:53.14s.
BMW-3: Men’s singles: Wong Peng Kuong (Macau) bt Ip Ch Keong (Macau) 21-9, 21-12.