Khelo India Youth Games 2023, Day 4 Wrap: Kerala's Anupriya VS, Madhya Pradesh's Vikas Bind Set New Records In Athletics

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 br🍎onze 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 spo🌺t 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 e♍vents.

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 m𓃲edals by bagg💝ing the individual Clubs category crown at the SDAT Aquatics Complex.

Muskan finished on top with a tota💙l 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 L🌊ife Adlakha (22.80) bagging the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

Maharashtra also added another gold and silvܫer in Yogasana with the duo of Pranav Sahu and Yash Lagad winning the Boys Artistic Pair event with a score of 133.23 poin💞ts 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.

Rajastha🥂n 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 bein♔g 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 Pis🐻tol mixed doubles gold.

Results

ATHLETICS

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
Diಌscus Throw: Gold – Devansh Jagga (Pun) 56.50m; Silver – Ritik (Chd) 56.00m; Bronze – Servan KC (Ker) 55.75m

CYCLING

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

FENCING

Girls:
Sab🥀re 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;𒅌 Bronze – Tamil Nadu, Haryana

GATKA

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 Kౠaur (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 ꧒(Chd); Silver – Damanjeet Singh♎ (Pun); Bronze – Armaan Singh (Del), Nikhil Choudhary (HP)

GYMNASTICS

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 Ba♍rs: Gold – Diya Thakore (Guj) 9.467; Sil෴ver – 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 – A🦋lok Kumar (Odi) 11.567

Artistic Rings: Gold – Subhadeep Patra (WB) 12.400; Silver – Deepak Saini (Raj) 12.300; Bronze –🧔 Aryan Davande (Mah) 12.267

JUDO

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), Symo𝐆n L (Man)

MALLAKHAMB

Girls:
Team: Gold – Maharashtra; Silver – Tamil Nadu; Bronze – Madhya Pradesh
Individu𒀰al all-round: Gold – Pranali More (Mah) 16.9🍬5; 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 (𒁃MP) 25.15

SHOOTING

10m Air Pistol Mixed Team:
Gold Medal Match: Haryana bt Rajasthan 16-6
Bronze Medal Match: Tamil Nadu b🦹t Madhya Pradesh 16-𝕴6

SQUASH

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, 1🗹1-4; Bronze – SandheshPr (TN), Arihant Ks (TN)

YOGASANA

Girls:
Artistic Pair: Gold – Menaka V/Petrashivani G (TN) 132.35; Silver – Niral Wadekar/Vaidehi Mඣayekar (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 Kha𝓀n (Goa) 61.17

The 6th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games will conclude on January 31. The Games are be🎶ing played across four cities of Tamil Nadu, namely Chennai, Madurai, Trichy and Coimbatore.

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Over 5600 athletes are participating in this edition of the Khelo India Youth Games. The𒅌re are 26 sporting disciplines with over 275 competitive events and one demo sport. 

The 26 sporting disciplines are a diverse mix of conv✱entional 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 in⭕troduced as a demo sport for the first time in the history of the Games.