Bangalore, June 2: Hosts Karnataka continued their domination on the second day of the fencing events, bagging three more gold at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium.

On Monday, 21-year old S Sunil of Karnataka brought the first gold, winning the individual sabre event defeating team-mate S Sanju Ali, while the women won both the epee and foil team events, defeating Manipur and Punjab respectively.

However, Karnataka's party was spoiled by Haryana when they snatched the gold from the hosts in the men's epee team event. In the final, Haryana's Mohit Ashwani defeated Rohit Gangadhar of Karnataka but BK Govindaraj made it 1-1 after beating Satyavir Poswal. In the decider, V Jai Kumar stopped Anand S Patil to settle the issue in favour of Haryana. Manipur and Bihar took the bronze.

In the foil team event, the Karnataka women began confidently with Claremma James ousting Deepika of Punjab 10-3 and later, Charanjit Kaur gave tough resistance to Yashoda, who came back to clinch the issue 10-9. Southpaw M Prathiba was not required to take the field.

Maharashtra and Chandigarh won the bronze. In the women's epee event, Punjab and Bihar bagged the bronze.Results

BASKETBALL

Men (Group A): Tamil Nadu 59 (Kannabiran 12, Shivakumar 10) bt West Bengal 47 (Vikash 12, AK Singh 10); Group B: Rajasthan 74 (Ashok Kumar 32, Virender Joshi 20) bt UP 51 (Sudhir Hooda 15, Suresh Kumar Ranot 10).

Women (Group A): West Bengal 61 (Aparna Ghosh 18, Kalyani Rudra 12, Rekha Choudhury 9, Philomeena Joseph 8) bt AP 43 (A Anandi 19); Kerala 53 (Binu Cherian 15, Lincy 13) bt Karnataka 48 (Savita 11, Jayawanti 10); Group B: Punjab 51 (Shivani 12, Puneet 13, Mandeep 13) bt Madhya Pradesh 28 (Savita Deshwal 22); Maharashtra 72 (Ivy Cherian 20, Arnika R Gujar 13, Jiji Jose 13) bt Chandigarh 49 (Sheeba Maggon 27)

CANOEING AND KAYAKING

Kayak pairs: 1 Karnataka (S Maharaj, Prem Kumar Rai) 3:26.65; 2 Delhi (PK Baroi, Ranvir Singh) 3:34.59; 3 Haryana (VS Regi, Ashish Srivatsav) 3:46.62; Canoe singles: 1 Baguram Bishnoy (Kar) 4:16.71; 2 Johnny Romal (Andamans) 4:25.76; 3 Rajesh Kurien (Kerala) 4:30.65; Kayak fours: 1 Delhi (Bijus, John Verghese, Vinod P) 3:04.40; 2 Karnataka (Mag Singh, KB Mohanan, S Maharaj, PK Rai) 3:06.96; 3 Haryana (Joseph Thomas, Karna Toppu, Regi, Ashish Kumar) 3:15.29; Kayak singles: 1 Prem Kumar Rai (Kar) 3:57.95; 2 Piju Kant Baroi (Del) 4:05.23; 3 Karna Toppu (Har) 4.08.62; Canoe pairs: 1 Delhi (Saji Kumar, Philip Mathew) 3:58.06; 2 Karnataka (Hari Kumar, S Joseph) 4:08.96; 3 Haryana (Maheshan, Subash LS) 4:20.09.

FENCING

Men's: Epee team final: Haryana bt Karnataka 2-1 (Mohit Ashwani bt Rohit Gangadhar 5-4, Satyaveer Poswall lost to DK Govinda Raj 3-5, V Jaikumar bt Anand S Patil 5-3). Manipur and Bihar given bronze; Individual sabre: 1 S Sunil (Kar); 2 S Sanju Ali (Kar); 3 Ashok Khatri (Har) and W Munje Meitei (Man); Individual foil: 1 Mathew (Pun); 2 Suranjoy (Man); 3 Lakshmikant (Kar) and Vikramjit Dhillon (Pun)

Women: Foil team: Karnataka bt Punjab (Claremma James bt Deepika 10-3, Yashoda bt Charanjit Kaur 10-9); Maharashtra and Chandigarh given bronze; Epee team: 1 Karnataka (Prathiba, Yashoda, Claremma James and Sudharani); 2 Manipur (Rupiya Devi, Githa Devi); 3 Punjab and Bihar given bronzeTENNIS (Inter-state)

Men: Blue Group: Karnataka bt Chandigarh 3-0 (SK Shivashankar bt Amanjeet Gill 6-0, 6-0; P Srinath bt Birbal Kumar 6-1, 6-0; Anand Sukumar & Peter Vijay Kumar bt Amandeep Gill & Janmeet Singh 6-3, 6-4; Tamil Nadu bt Rajasthan 2-1 (VN Premprakash bt Jagdish Tanwar 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; CV Anand bt Chandraveer Singh 6-1, 6-2; Premprakash & Meenakshi Sundaram lost to Jagdish Tanwar & Chandraveer Singh 6-3, 4-6, 12-10; Red Group: Delhi bt Andhra Pradesh 2-1 (Vishal Uppal bt Vinay Karia 6-2, 6-4; Amandeep Singh lost to Vasudev Reddy 6-0, 6-4; Amandeep Singh & Vishal Uppal bt Vasudev Reddy & Yaseer Arafat 3-6, 6-2, 7-5)

Women: Blue Group: Maharashtra bt Kerala 3-0 (K Janaki bt Rachel Thomas P 6-0, 6-1; A Srinivasan bt Arathi Sasidharan 6-0, 6-0; Kerala conceded doubles); Red Group: Delhi bt Punjab 2-1 (Nona Wagh bt Radhika 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); Shalini Thakur bt Jasjit 6-4, 6-1; Nona Wagh & Utkalia Badu lost to Jasjit & Aparna Seghal 7-6 (7-3), 6-4)

WEIGHTLIFTING

Women (50 kg): 1 Asha Adak (Del) snatch 65 kg + jerk 85 kg (150 kg); 2 Gitanjali Devi (Man) 147.5 kg; 3 Prasmita Mangaraj (Ori) 145 kg

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