Indian sports wrap, February 6: Gyaneshwari wins gold in senior weightlifting nationals
WEIGHTLIFTING
Weightlifting Nationals: Gyaneshwari wins 53kg gold, Koyel smashes 5 national records
Gyaneshwari Yadav clinched the 53kg senior gold medal while Koyel Bor smashed five national records across the youth and junior sections at the National Weightlifting Championships here on Friday.
Representing All India Police, Gyaneshwari, a Commonwealth Championships gold medallist, lifted a total of 186kg (83 kg+103kg) to take home the senior gold.
West Bengal’s Koyel was a kilogram behind Gyaneshwari as she heaved a total of 185kg (83kg+102kg), smashing three new national records in Youth section. She surpassed the previous mark of 78 kg in snatch, 99 kg in clean and jerk and 175 kg in overall total.
She also registered two junior national records, surpassing 81 kg in snatch and 181 kg in overall total.
Veerjeet Kaur of Railways Sports Control Board rounded out the podium with a total of 182kg (81kg+101kg).
– PTI
GOLF
Kochhar top Indian after two rounds in Manila
Indian golfer Karandeep Kochhar shot a fine 69 in the second round to be Tied-13th at the halfway stage of the Philippine Golf Championship in Manila on Friday.
Kochhar, who opened with a modest 74, had five birdies against two bogeys in the second round as four of the five Indians in the field made the cut.
The others who ensured weekend action were Shaurya Bhattacharya, who shot 71-74 and was T-31, while Shubham Jaglan (77-70) was T-53 and Ajeetesh Sandhu (72-75) was also T-53.
Rashid Khan (75-74) missed the cut which fell at four over.
Korea’s Jeunghun Wang shot two-under-par 70 and was tied for the lead with compatriot Wooyoung Cho (70), Thailand’s Sarut Vongchaisit (71) and Australian Travis Smyth (69). They were all 5-under after 36 holes in the season opening event on the Asian Tour.
Modest starts for Sandhu, Sharma as Reed continues his fine run in Qatar
Indian golfers Yuvraj Sandhu and Shubhankar Sharma made modest starts at the Qatar Masters even as Patrick Reed continued his amazing run on the DP World Tour in Doha.
Sandhu (72), with an even par round, was T-70, while Sharma (73) was T-85.
Reed and Daniel Hillier share a one-stroke lead after opening with rounds of 65 at Doha Golf Club.
The 2018 Masters champion Reed sits in pole position on the International Swing rankings after winning a maiden Rolex Series title at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic before following it up with a runner-up finish at the Bapco Energies Bahrain Championship last week.
He continued his rich vein of form in Qatar as he moved to seven under par to set the initial clubhouse target.
Sandhu was 2-over through 15 holes before back to back birdies brought some semblance of order to his round.
Sharma had four birdies against three bogeys and a double, as both Indians faced the danger of an early exit.
Reed, starting from the tenth, made the perfect start with three consecutive birdies. A bogey and another birdie meant his first par did not come until his sixth hole, the 15th, and he had only two in an outward nine of 31 thanks to further gains at the 16th and 17th.
He birdied the first, fourth and seventh before dropping a shot at the par three eighth hole.
There was a strong Scandinavian presence in the chasing pack, with Sweden’s Marcus Kinhult, Dane Jacob Skov Olesen and Finland’s Oliver Lindell all at six under.
They were joined late in the day by Spain’s Angel Ayora and Italy’s Gregorio De Leo, the latter ending his round with a bogey at the ninth hole to deny him a share of the lead.
Another Swede, Joakim Lagergren, was five under alongside New Zealand’s Kazuma Kobori.
Padraig Harrington reached a major career milestone at the Qatar Masters, making his 500th start on the DP World Tour — becoming just the 50th player in Tour history to achieve the feat more than 30 years after making his debut at the 1995 Smurfit European Open.
– PTI
Published on Feb 06, 2026