Shushila suffered a defeat against South Africa's Michaela Whitebooi by a Waza-Ari at the Coventry Arena Judo Mat 2 and had to settle for a silver medal.
Kochi (Kerala) [India], July 29 (ANI): Kerala High Court on Friday observed that transgender persons must be permitted to participate in the category of their choice in the absence of a separate category for them to compete in sporting events.
Haryana's 4-1 gold efforts were etched out by captain Sonam (two goals) and Kanika Siwach and Gurmail Kaur scored one each. In Judoka Anil won gold medal in 55 Kg and swimmer Harsh Saroha also bagged a gold to put Haryana on top of medals tally.
Following the end of the competition, the Government has also given approval to conduct a preparatory training camp in Madrid and Alicante, Spain, from June 13 to July 2, for the team. The total financial amount sanctioned for the competition and the training is Rs 1.49 crore.
Yogasana is introduced for the first time in Khelo India Youth Games 2021 and in the very first season, it is proving to be a major hit drawing spectators. The promoters of this indigenous sport, believe that it can be as popular as the universally accepted sports like karate and judo.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 1 (ANI): Judoka Deepak Mishra came into the Khelo India University Games 2021 in a rich vein of form, having bagged the Gold Medal in the All India Inter-University Men's Judo Championship in Kanpur in March 2022.
New Delhi [India], April 30 (ANI): A committee of eminent judo athletes, formed by the Sports Authority of India, has conducted the selection trials of judokas for a month-long National preparatory camp for the Asian Games and other international competitions, starting May 1.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 30 (ANI): When Preeti Gulia left for Bengaluru to represent Maharshi Dayanand University in the Khelo India University Games 2021, her farmer father's only plea to her was: "get a gold medal this time, beta."