Khelo India Youth Games: Maharashtra leading in medal tally with 9 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals

Khelo India Youth Games: Maharashtra leading in medal tally with 9 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals

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In the Khelo India Youth Games-2021 being hosted by Haryana, Maharashtra is leading in medal tally by winning 9 gold, 4 silver and 4 bronze medals followed by Haryana with 5 golds, six silvers and 12 bronze medals. Manipur is at third place with 4 gold medals and one silver medals.

Haryana got first gold medal in the ongoing cycling competitions in different categories at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Stadium. Vrinda Yadav won Haryana’s first gold medal, Neerat Kumar won bronze medal in 1 kilometer cycling and Mamta won bronze medal in 500 meters in mountaineering cycle.

In Yogasan, Dipanshu of Haryana won silver medal and in Artistic Boys doubles Sagar Ranga and Jitu won silver medal. Similarly, in Girls’ Kabaddi, Rajasthan beat Punjab by 31-23 points. Tamil Nadu beat Kerala by 25-23, 25-22, 25-15 and 25-21 points in the girls’ volleyball competition. In boys’ volleyball, Gujarat defeated Chhattisgarh by 25-18, 25-2.  

Haryana won two silver medals in Gatka. In the woman’s stick team competition While Punjab and New Delhi won bronze medals. In woman’s single-stick singles competition  Chandigarh won gold, Haryana won silver and Maharashtra and New Delhi won bronze medals.

Punjab defeated Delhi by 54-29 points and Andhra Pradesh defeated Maharashtra by 57-53 in Gatka.

In Thang-Ta, Aryan of Haryana won silver medal in 56 kg weight category and Ankit won bronze medal in 60 kg weight category.  Mamta also won a bronze medal in the 52 kg weight category in the girls’ team.