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Mansi Mohite: Maharashtra’s Mansi Mohite braved leg numbness caused by a jellyfish bite during the swimming leg to clinch the women’s triathlon gold medal in the 37th National Games at the Miramar beach on Sunday.

The 21-year-old led Maharashtra's 1-2 finish on the podium with an aggregate time of 1:14.06s with her statement Sanjana Joshi taking the silver after last edition's gold medallist Pragyna Mohan of Gujarat, who had finished second, was disqualified for taking external help to set up her broken cycle pedal.

This was Mohite’s fourth gold medal of the National Games. She had completed a hat-trick of medals in Modern Pentathlon, winning the Biathle women, Biathle team and Biathle mixed relay last week.