Shillong, Oct 26: Marso Kyndait, of Sabah Muswang in West Jaintia Hills, won Meghalaya’s first gold medal at the ongoing North East Olympic Games in Imphal, Manipur, today.
Kyndait took gold in the 1,500m men’s event with a time of 4 mins, 4.56 sec.
The U-18 athlete started his running in 2011 at his local school in Sabah Muswang and he is currently a Class 12 student at North Liberty Higher Secondary School in Jowai, the district headquarters.
He’s won gold medals in Assam and Bihar and a silver in Kolkata in East Zone tournaments in the past.
Other Meghalaya medal winners today:
Archery – Rajesh Rana (silver, compound 50 + 50); Takhellambam Abungcha Singh (bronze, compound 50 + 50)
Judo – Kadem Ajit Singh (silver, 81kg men)
Wushu – Lamphrang Kharshohnoh (bronze, 56kg men); Fulab Kanti Barman (bronze, 65kg men); Lorenza Songthiang (bronze, 52kg women); Satisfy Syngkon (bronze, 56kg women)
Taekwondo – Isabella Sohbah (bronze, +62kg women); Sonu Kumar Rai (bronze, 74kg men)
Boxing – Eva W Marbaniang (bronze, 45-48kg women); Ramisha Lyngdoh (bronze, 48-51kg women); Nalanki Laka (bronze, 60-64kg women); Shanborlang Marbaniang (bronze; 46-49kg men); Sunil Limbu (bronze, 49-52kg men); Laitpharlin Hoojon (bronze, 52-56kg men); Tengsan K Sangma (bronze; 56-60kg men)
Meghalaya medal winners from previous days:
Felicia Nongdhar (silver, 50kg karate women), Raphael Sunn (silver, 55kg karate men), Rodrick Syiem (silver, individual kata men), Ankita Koch (bronze, -61kg women), Bandana Wahlang (bronze, +61kg women), Ronald Lyngdoh (bronze, -61kg men), Thomas Rongthalu (bronze, wushu men), Sunita Budha Magar (bronze, -46kg taekwondo women), Mikhel Ramsiej (bronze, 5,000m men)
(Photo contributed. Marso Kyndait is third from left)
