Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra bagged two gold medals each from the 11 medal events from the athletics arena on the day as defending champions Maharashtra rose to the top spot on the medal standings
Kerala’s Anupriya VS and Madhya Pradesh’s Vikas Bind set new Games records in the girls' shot put and boys' 3000-metre race, respectively on the first day of athletics competitions in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2023 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Outdoor Stadium, Chennai on Tuesday. (Khelo India Youth Games Streaming | More Sports News)
Anupriya hurled the shot put to a distance of 17.22m, improving the previous record set by Vidhi last year to bag Kerala’s second gold from the Games. Punjab’s Gurleen Kaur took the silver with a throw of 16.38 while Tamanna of Haryana bagged the bronze with a throw of 16.35m.
"I approached the game with the intention of breaking the record, as it is my final Khelo India Youth Games. Thankfully, I won the gold with a new record,” said the 18-year-old from Kerala.
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Bind ended the day’s action with a timing of 8:29.16s in 3000m that saw all the three medallists improving on the previous meet record of 8:31.97 by Arjun Waskale in Guwahati three years ago. Haryana’s Baljeet T (8:30.02s) and Prabhu Mahato of Uttarakhand (8:31.53s) took home the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra bagged two gold medals each from the 11 medal events from athletics arena on the day as defending champions Maharashtra rose to the top spot on the medal standings.
Sanyukta Kale led Maharashtra’s charge adding two apparatus gold in Rhythmic Gymnastics to take her tally to three gold and one silver from five events.
Kale, who had won the All-Round gold on Monday, added two more gold medals to her tally in Ball and Ribbon category while her state-mate Kimaya Karle clinched the Hoop gold.
Muskan Rana of Jammu and Kashmir ensured that Maharashtra did not sweep all the Rhythmic Gymnastics gold medals by bagging the individual Clubs category crown at the SDAT Aquatics Complex.
Muskan finished on top with a total of 24.05 points to clinch Jammu and Kashmir’s first gold medal of the Games with Maharashtra’s Parina Madanpotra (22.95) and Haryana’s Life Adlakha (22.80) bagging the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Maharashtra also added another gold and silver in Yogasana with the duo of Pranav Sahu and Yash Lagad winning the Boys Artistic Pair event with a score of 133.23 points while Aryan Kharat and Tanmay Mhalaskar (132.42 pts) finished second. Tamil Nadu’s B Monisha Mahendran and S Kabilan (131.98) bagged the bronze.
Rajasthan also opened their gold medal account with Kheta Ram Chinga winning the boy’s Individual Pursuit with a timing of 3:50.494. Bihar’s Prahalad Kumar (3:51.953) clinched the silver medal while the bronze went to Aashirwad Saxena (3:47.502) of Telangana.
In the shooting event being held at the Guru Nanak College, Haryana’s Samrat Rana and Suruchi Phogat defeated Rajasthan’s Prachi and Yogesh Kumar 16-6 to clinch the 10m Air Pistol mixed doubles gold.
Results
Girls:
100m hurdles: Gold – Aliza Mulla (Mah) 14.40s; Silver – Antreesa M (Ker) 14.48s; Bronze – Aerrolla P R (Tel) 14.59
400m: Gold – Roshni Yadav (UP) 56.40s; Silver – Reethushree (Kar) 57.50; Bronze – Tahura Khatun (WB) 57.52
3000m: Gold – Bhagyashree Mahale (Mah) 10:13.52s; Silver – Sonam Parmar (MP) 10:14.48s; Bronze – Jemie Y (Ker) 10:14.49s
Shot Put: Gold – Anupriya VS (Ker) 17.22m; Silver – Gurleen Kaur (Pun) 16.38m; Bronze – Tamanna (Har) 16.35m
Long Jump: Gold – Ramani Kumkum Bharate (Guj) 5.57m; Silver – Janice Regi (Ker) 5.45m; Bronze – Muskan (Har) 5.45m
Boys:
110m hurdles: Gold – Vishnu (TN) 13.77s; Silver – Sandeep Gond (Mah) 13.89s; Bronze – Kiran K (Ker) 14.14
400m: Gold – Sharan M (TN) 48.42; Silver – N Dhruva Ballal (Kar) 49.06; Bronze – Shaikh Azaruddin (Tel) 49.15
3000m: Gold – Vikas Bind (MP) 8:29.16s; Silver – Baljeet T (Har) 8:30.02; Bronze – Prabhu Mahato (Utr) 8:31.53
Pole Vault: Gold – Arya Dev (UP) 4.40m; Silver – Aman Singh (MP) 4.40m; Bronze – Kavinraja S (TN) 4.30m
Long Jump: Gold – Mohd Sazid (Har) 7.34m; Silver – Aarya Kandakumar (Mah) 7.10m; Bronze – Mohammad Tausif (UP) 7.06m
Discus Throw: Gold – Devansh Jagga (Pun) 56.50m; Silver – Ritik (Chd) 56.00m; Bronze – Servan KC (Ker) 55.75m
Girls:
Individual Pursuit (2km): Gold – Dhanyadha J.P. (TN) 2:52.333; Silver – Shiya Lalwani (Mah) 2:54.530; Bronze – Gargi Bishnoi (Raj) 2:56.396
Sprint: Gold – Vimla Machra (Raj) 0:14.099; Silver – J Srimathi (TN) 0:14.271; Bronze – Heisnam Chanu (Man) 0:14.267
Scratch Race: Gold – R Tamilarasi (TN) 10:10.625; Silver – Shiya Lalwani (Mah) 10:10.713; Bronze – Dhanyadha J P (TN) 10:10.758
Boys:
Individual Pursuit (3km): Gold – Kheta Ram Chinga (Raj) 3:50.494; Silver – Prahalad Kumar (Bih) 3:51.953; Bronze – Aashirwad Saxena (Tel) 3:47.502
Sprint: Gold – Gold – Vedant Jadhav (Mah) 0:11.535; Silver – Atharva Patil (Ker) 0:11.655; Bronze – Vedant Tajane (Mah) 0:13.746
Scratch Race: Gold – Aashirwad Saxena (Tel) 14:40.132; Silver – Kummara Suresh Babu (AP) 14:40.235; Bronze – Ssakshat Patra (Odi) 14:40.254
Girls:
Sabre Team: Gold Medal match: Maharashtra bt Haryana 45-43; Bronze – Manipur, Tamil Nadu
Boys:
Foil Team: Gold Medal match: Haryana bt Gujarat 45-25; Bronze – Maharashtra, Manipur
Epee Team: Gold Medal match: Manipur bt Punjab 45-40; Bronze – Tamil Nadu, Haryana
Girls:
Farri Soti Team: Gold – Punjab; Silver – Delhi; Bronze – Haryana, Madhya Pradesh
Single Soti: Gold – Prabhkiran Kaur (Pun); Silver – Ramandeep Kaur (Chd); Bronze – Niyati Sharma (Del), Jagdeep Kaur (Pun)
Farri Soti: Gold – Jasmeet Kaur (Del); Silver – Gagandeep Kaur (Pun); Bronze – Arshdeep Kaur (Pun), Harman Kaur (Chd)
Boys:
Farri Soti Team: Gold – Punjab; Silver – Delhi; Bronze – Chandigarh, Jharkhand
Single Soti: Gold – Gurusewak Singh (Pun); Silver – Harjasdeep Singh (Delhi); Bronze – Mandeep Singh (Haryana), Amritpal Singh (Pun)
Farri Soti: Gold – Kulbir Singh (Chd); Silver – Damanjeet Singh (Pun); Bronze – Armaan Singh (Del), Nikhil Choudhary (HP)
Girls:
Rhythmic Hoop: Gold – Kimaya Karle (Mah) 24.55; Silver – Sanyukta Kale (Mah) 24.10; Bronze – Muskan Rana (J&K) 23.35
Rhythmic Ball: Gold – Sanyukta Kale (Mah) 26.00; Silver –Muskan Rana (J&K) 25.55; Bronze – Life Adlakha (Har) 22.80
Rhythmic Club: Gold – Muskan Rana (J&K) 24.05; Silver – Parina Madanpotra (Mah) 22.95; Bronze – Life Adlakha (Har) 22.80
Rhythmic Ribbon: Gold – Sanyukta Kale (Mah) 25.90; Silver – Muskan Rana (J&K) 23.75; Bronze – Parina Madanpotra (Mah) 22.25
Artistic Vault: Gold – Nishika Agarwal (Tel) 12.084; Silver – Oi Nam Bandana Devi (Man) 11.567; Bronze – Piyasu Kundu (WB) 11.334
Artistic Uneven Bars: Gold – Diya Thakore (Guj) 9.467; Silver – Tannu (Odi) 9.133; Bronze – Sneha Tariyal (Del) 9.133
Boys:
Artistic Floor: Gold – Aryan Davande (Mah) 12.600; Silver – Niladri Sarkar (WB) 12.000; Bronze – Aayush Khamkar (Mah) 11.967
Artistic Pommel Horse: Gold: Sohom Majumdar (WB) 12.000; Silver – Niladri Sarkar (WB) 11.633; Bronze – Alok Kumar (Odi) 11.567
Artistic Rings: Gold – Subhadeep Patra (WB) 12.400; Silver – Deepak Saini (Raj) 12.300; Bronze – Aryan Davande (Mah) 12.267
Girls:
63kg: Gold – DaechanStanzin (Del); Silver – Khushi (Del); Bronze – Manpreet Rani (Har), Nandhana Prasad (Ker)
63+kg: Gold – Dipapati NG (Man), Silver – Sirohi Nitya (UP); Bronze – Hanshu (Har), Sunil Radhika D (Kar)
Boys:
81kg: Gold – Sachin Kumar Singh (UP); Silver – Manas Kumar (Jha); Bronze – E Hemanth Sachin (TN), Harsh Sharma (Pun)
81+kg: Gold – Rakshit Tokas (Del); Silver – Yash Patil (Guj); Bronze – Prakhar Kumar Singh (UP), Symon L (Man)
Girls:
Team: Gold – Maharashtra; Silver – Tamil Nadu; Bronze – Madhya Pradesh
Individual all-round: Gold – Pranali More (Mah) 16.95; Silver – Palak Churi (Mah) 16.90; Bronze – Oviyaa (Pon) 16.85
Boys:
Team: Gold – Maharashtra; Silver – Tamil Nadu; Bronze – Madhya Pradesh
Individual all-round: Gold – Shardul Rushikesh (Mah) 25.45; Silver – Monunetam (Chh) 25.40; Bronze – Devendra Patidar (MP) 25.15
10m Air Pistol Mixed Team:
Gold Medal Match: Haryana bt Rajasthan 16-6
Bronze Medal Match: Tamil Nadu bt Madhya Pradesh 16-6
Girls individual final: 1-Pooja Arthi R (TN) bt 2-Nirupama Dubey (Mah) 11-6, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6; Bronze medals: Deepika V (TN), Shameena Riaz (TN)
Boys individual final: 1-Tavneet Singh Mundra (MP) bt 2-Aryan Pratap Singh 5-11, 8-11, 11-1, 13-11, 11-4; Bronze – SandheshPr (TN), Arihant Ks (TN)
Girls:
Artistic Pair: Gold – Menaka V/Petrashivani G (TN) 132.35; Silver – Niral Wadekar/Vaidehi Mayekar (Mah) 132.22; Bronze – Nishtha Godbole/Riya (MP) 132.07
Boys:
Artistic Pair: Gold – Pranav Sahu/Yash Lagad (Mah) 133.23 pts; Silver – Aryan Karat/Tanmay Mhalaskar (Mah) 132.42 pts; Bronze – B Monish Mahendran/S Kabilan (TN) 131.98 pts
Traditional Yoga: Gold – Rajdeep Dalal (WB) 61.92; Silver – Ritik Bishnoi (Raj) 61.25; Bronze – Aryan Kharat (Mah) 61.17, Arif Allaudin Khan (Goa) 61.17
The 6th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games will conclude on January 31. The Games are being played across four cities of Tamil Nadu, namely Chennai, Madurai, Trichy and Coimbatore.
The mascot for the Games is Veera Mangai. Rani Velu Nachiyar, fondly called Veera Mangai, was an Indian queen who waged a war against British colonial rule. The mascot symbolises the valour and spirit of Indian women, embodying the strength of women power. The logo incorporates the figure of the poet Thiruvalluvar.
Over 5600 athletes are participating in this edition of the Khelo India Youth Games. There are 26 sporting disciplines with over 275 competitive events and one demo sport.
The 26 sporting disciplines are a diverse mix of conventional sports such as football, volleyball, badminton etc. and traditional sports like kalaripayattu, gatka, thang ta, kabaddi and yogasana. Silambam, a traditional sport of Tamil Nadu, has been introduced as a demo sport for the first time in the history of the Games.