Shillong, February 8 Jharana Gurung is looking to end her career with a gold medal despite being injured in her first-round bout in the 12th South Asian Games here at the Assam Rifle Sports Complex. Gurung, who hails from Pokhara, made it to the championship match with an easy victory over Afghanistan’s Zarmina Ibrahim in the below-52kg semi-final bout. She showed no signs of injury in the match against Ibrahim and registered a 2-0 victory to set the final clash with Sanathoi Devi of India. Gurung dislocated her left shoulder during the first-round match against WP Malisa Madumalai of Sri Lanka on Sunday. “It was not a big injury but I could not raise my hands this morning,” said Gurung. “As there was taping all over the shoulder, I had to play with extra caution in the semi-final match to save myself from serious injury,” said Jharna. “I totally forgot about my injury once I entered the platform and overcame my opponent with ease.” The Asian Championship bronze medallist, Gurung said her performance so far was satisfactory. “I played as per expectation in the first two bouts and I am confident of getting one more to win gold medal for the country,” she added. “Both of my opponents were good and I performed well to beat them. That has boosted my morale going into the final match,” said Gurung. Gurung said she would treat the bout against Indian opponent Devi as the final bout of her career. “I will give my best shot as I am planning to play it as a final match of my career,” said the 11th SA Games bronze medallist. “The whole team is playing with strong will power. Our hands and legs might not work properly, but we are trying to give our best,” she added. Her opponent in final, Devi is Asian Games medallist. “She is a strong competitor but we are also fully prepared,” she added. Gurung came to limelight in 2013 when she ended Nepal’s 18-year medal drought in wushu. She had won bronze medal in the eighth Asian Wushu Championship in Vietnam in June 2013. Nepal won gold medal in Taolo today when Nima Gharti Magar dominated the NanQuan All-round category to finish first ahead of India and Pakistan at the Assam Rifle Sports Complex, while Yubaraj Thapa claimed silver in men’s section. Bijay Sinjali and Sushmita Tamang won silver medals yesterday. And three players including Gurung have made it to the final. But Gurung said wushu’s overall performance was not satisfactory. “We should have dominated the field completely by now as we are strong in wushu among the South Asian nations,” she added. Also making it to the finals in women’s section were Juni Rai and Bindu Pun Magar. Rai defeated Pakistan’s Rukshana Hanif in the below-60kg semi-final bout, while Magar beat Pakistan’s Zarina Rafique. All the three women players registered identical 2-0 wins and all of them will face Indian opponents in final. Earlier, Yubaraj Thapa won silver medal in men’s NanQuan All-round category. After a disappointing show on the first day, Thapa came back strongly to put up a brilliant performance that earned him 9.25 points in Nangun. He had scored 8.8 points in NanQuan yesterday. He claimed silver with the total score of 17.66 points. India’s M Punshiva Meitei won gold with 18.60 points, while Sri Lanka’s Manuranga was third with 16.51 point. Coach Prakash Maharjan was happy with Thapa’s performance and said he missed the gold medal because of his own mistake. “He was brilliant today and I am happy for him,” Maharjan said. “He made a mistake yesterday which was due to lack of international exposure. Otherwise he was also a strong contender for gold medal,” he added. Singh claims second bronze in swimming Guwahati: Gaurika Singh claimed her second individual medal of the 12th South Asian Games here at the Dr Zakir Hussain Aquatics on Monday. Singh, who had won Nepal’s maiden individual medal yesterday, bagged another bronze medal in women’s 100m backstroke. She completed the distance with the new national record of one minute and 07.31seconds. She shattered her own mark of 1:08.12. This is Singh’s 22nd record in two years since she made the national championship debut in 2013. Earlier, she had broke the 50m breaststroke record to qualify for finals but she withdrew from that event to concentrate in the 100m backstroke, which is her favourite event. She had finished the 50m breaststroke in 39.44 seconds. On Sunday, Singh became the first player to win individual medal for Nepal. She claimed bronze in 200m backstroke with the national record time of 26.93 seconds. She bettered her own mark of 2:37.87. That was her 20th national record. Singh has participated in 13 events, including 10 in individual section. Badminton Nepal claimed bronze medal in women’s team event in Shillong on Monday. The team of Saradevi Tamang, Nangsal Tamang, Amita Giri and Sicchya Shrestha faced a 3-0 loss at the hands of Sri Lanka in the semi-final clash. In singles matches, Saradevi lost 11-21, 7-21 against Kavindi Ishadika Sirimannage, while younger sister Nangsal faced a 10-21, 12-21 loss against Thilini Pramodika. The siblings then suffered a 10-21, 6-21 in doubles match. Earlier, the team defeated Afghanistan 3-0 to make it to the semi-finals. Table tennis Nepal are confirmed of at least bronze medals when Nabita Shrestha and Elena Maharjan advanced to the women’s doubles semi-finals of the 12th South Asian Games in Shillong on Monday. Shrestha and Maharjan defeated Pakistan 3-1 in quarter-finals. In men’s singles, Deep Saun and Purushottam Bajracharya lost their quarter-final matches. Saun suffered a straight set loss against Indian opponent, while Bajracharya lost 4-1 to Sri Lankan player. Likewise, Nabita Shrestha suffered a 4-1 loss at the hands of Indian player in the women’s singles quarter-final.