Raipur, April 1 Race walker Dasharath Talawar and middle-distance runner Nagini added a gold medal each to Karnataka's tally, which topped the table, while Chhattisgarh's Gajendra Thakur won a silver in the men's 800m on Day 8 of the Khelo India Tribal Games here on Wednesday.
Dasharath led Karnataka's 1-2 in the men's 10km race walk with a time of 45:13.85s, with Darshan Bagadi (46:25.90s) finishing second, ahead of Gujarat's Sagarbhai Katara (48:16.09s) at the Kreeda Parisar athletics track in Jagdalpur.
Nagini then dominated the women's 800m race to win the gold with a time of 2:13.80s, taking Karnataka's gold medal tally to 21.
Karnataka has also won eight silver and seven bronze medals, for a total of 36.
Chhattisgarh's Gajendra Thakur won the men's 800m silver medal with a timing of 1:53.82s, behind Munda, who clocked 1:53.33s.
Earlier, Chhattisgarh's men's hockey team won the bronze medal by beating neighboring Madhya Pradesh 14-6. This brought their total to two gold, eight silver, and five bronze medals, placing them 10th overall.
With just one day of track and field competitions remaining, second-placed Odisha continued to chase the table leaders, winning four gold medals on Wednesday, to take their overall tally to 17 gold, 10 silver, and 16 bronze medals.
Davanidhi Munda (men's 800m), Roshan Khadia (men's 400m hurdles), Dipa Kisan (women's high jump), and Dhanmati Xess (women's javelin throw) won gold medals for Odisha on a day when Jharkhand also boosted their third position in the medal tally with gold medals in the women's 400m hurdles and 10km race walk.
Jharkhand now has a total of 19 medals – nine gold, three silver, and seven bronze medals.
In football, Chhattisgarh defeated Arunachal Pradesh 3-2 to secure their final spot against West Bengal.
Captain Akhilesh Kumar Uikey led the hosts, scoring twice in the 34th and 66th minutes, with Manoj Kumar Lekam also scoring in the 75th minute.
Arunachal Pradesh were late in the game and couldn't catch up with the hosts, as Rahul Goju Singpho brought them close to victory, scoring twice in the 81st and 86th minutes.
In the other semifinal, West Bengal defeated Goa 5-2, with Saurav Sabbar (27th minute), Dilip Oraon (36th), Bijay Murmu (42th), Rahul Murmu (45+1), and Chaku Mandi (90+2) all scoring once each.
