Pune: Women power dominated the day for Maharashtra as Pranita Soman and Pooja Danole bagged two gold medals each in the Giant Starkenn 14th MTB National Championship at Oxofrd Golf Course on Saturday.
Pranita started the day on a bright note as she won the Women time trial race of one lap with the timing of 20 minutes 46.368 seconds. Pranita’s state mate Priyanka Karnde took the second place with the timing of 22:22.676.
Meanwhile Kerala rider Lidiya Mol M Sunny settled for bronze medal. In the cross country event, Pranita clinched one more gold.
Results (Day 2)
Women:
XCT (Above-18), Lap 1: 1. Pranita Soman (Maharashtra) 20 minutes 46.368seconds, 2. Priyanka Karnde (Maharashtra) 22:22.676, 3. Lidiya Mol M Sunny (Kerala) 23:26.725.
XCO (Above-18), Lap 3: 1. Pranita Soman (Maharashtra) 1:6:57.697, 2. Preethi BK (Kerala) 1:19:50.091, 3. Athira Santhosh (Kerala) 1:23:58.622.
XCT Sub Junior Girls (Under-16), Lap 1: 1. Soumya Antapur (Karnataka) 24:39.776, 2. Saishree AP (Kerala) 24:56.766, 3. Arya Vinod RK (Kerala) 25:44.699.
XCT Youth Girls (Under-14), Lap 1: 1. Pooja Danole (Maharashtra) 22:01.927, 2. Mansi Kamalakar (Maharashtra) 24:27.521, 3. Angitha Manoj M. (Kerala) 25:24.162.
XCO Youth Girls (Under-14), Lap 1: 1. Pooja Danole (Maharashtra) 20:24.001, 2. Mansi Kamalakar (Maharashtra) 21:54.569, 3. Shiya Lalwani (Maharashtra) 23:17.229.
Men
XCT Sub Junior (Under-16) Lap 1: 1. N Bicky Singh (Mayanmar) 16:25.680, 2. Sachin Ranjanagi (Karnataka)17:26.942, 3. Mandeep Kumar (Haryana) 17:30.494.