Asha Kiran Barla has a personal best of 4 minutes 31 seconds in the 1500m event. On Friday she stayed behind the leading group in the initial stages but took the lead with 300m to go. She crossed the finish line nearly 13 seconds slower than her best time of 4:31 clocked last year.
Manoj has chosen Mallakhamb as a means for this noble cause which has resulted in 10 of these kids that he has trained have reached Ujjain to participate in the Mallakhamb events in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games-2022 in Madhya Pradesh as a part of Team Chhattisgarh.
Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur on Friday inaugurated the third Khelo India Winter Games in Gulmarg. The third edition of the Khelo India Winter Games will be held from February 10 to February 14.
Approximately 1500 athletes across the country will take part in the games that will take place in Gulmarg and will be played across nine sports events. The first edition of the Khelo India Winter Games took place in 2020 and hosts Jammu and Kashmir have come on top in both editions of th
Laxita Vinod Sandilea, a first-year college-going student of Business Administration said she will compete in both 800m and 1500m at the Federation Cup junior athletics meet in May, which will act as qualifying for the continental meet.
Fencer Shreya Gupta has so far won 3 bronze medals in international events in her career. In addition, Shreya has won 15 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze medals in national events. She has won 12 gold and three silver for the state.
While Maharashtra remained on top of the tally with 39 golds, Haryana and hosts Madhya Pradesh are still in a battle for the second spot with the former ahead with 28 golds to MP's 26.
Following a wonderful campaign at the KIYG Panchkula, Martina Devi created records during the Khelo India Youth and Women National Ranking tournaments in Himachal Pradesh and Modi Nagar also last year. She also established new records during the Weightlifting Nationals in Nagercoil, Tamil Na
The 14-year-old Akanksha Vyavhare, lifted a total of 147 kg just four kilograms more than Asmita (143). Akanksha lifted 67 kgs in snatch and 80 kgs in clean and jerk. In terms of total weight, Akanksha set the youth national record.
Also on day nine, M.P scooped up all the available golds in Water Slalom in Maheshwar and North Eastern states won all golds up for grabs in weightlifting as Maharashtra's (31 golds) lead at the top of the medal tally remained unchallenged, although the hosts with 25 golds replaced Haryana (
The 5th edition of Khelo India Youth Games, an annual event organised as part of the government of India's Khelo India initiative, aims at promoting sports at the grassroots level.