India win one gold in taekwondo

India today managed just one gold, two silver and a bronze in taekwondo at the 12th South Asian Games here today.
Purva Dixit beat Nepal's Y K Chaulagain in the women's 49kg category to win the solitary yellow metal in taekwondo, where Afghanistan led the medals tally.
Gajendra Parihar went down to Afghanistan's Mahmood Haidari in the men's 58kg final to settle for the silver at the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences on the outskirts of the city here.
India's bagged the second silver of the day in men's 74kg as Manu George lost to another Afghan M Sharif Muradi in the final.

In women's 57kg, India claimed a bronze with S Ramchiary sharing the podium with G Sandamali of Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, India returned empty handed in men's over 87kg.
So far, India have two gold, three silver and two bronze medals in taekwondo, which will conclude tomorrow with four more disciplines.