Day-5 of the 2023 Khelo India Youth Games KIYG Madhya Pradesh ended with a bang as MP’s Dev Kumar set a new national youth record while winning gold in pole vault, check out the full report below, know the athletics results and schedule
Odisha’s Doondapati Jayara and Haryana’s Tamanna emerged as the fastest Boy and Girl of the KIYG 2022-23 Madhya Pradesh.
Khelo India Youth Games 2023 Bhopal athletics medal winners tally table list, schedule and results
📢Record Alert📢
Madhya Pradesh's Dev Kumar Meena set a new national record at a height of 4.91m in Boy's Pole Vault event at #KheloIndiaYouthGames 2022. 📈
The previous national record was 4.90m set by Rakesh Gond of Vadodara!
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Schedule | Day 6️⃣, 4th February 2023#KheloIndia Youth Games 2022#KIYG2022 #KheloIndiaInMP@ChouhanShivraj @yashodhararaje pic.twitter.com/Vtn0qcKKFA
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Dev Kumar Meena, broke the previous national youth record of 4.90m in Pole vault with a vault of 4.91m.
2023 KIYG Day – 5 seven sporting disciplines conclude
The Day five of the Khelo India Youth Games 2022 saw the conclusion of seven sporting disciplines. Firstly, in Kayaking and Canoeing, MP, Odisha and Kerala jointly won three gold medals. Meanwhile, Haryana and West Bengal won gold in the Boys and Girls volleyball respectively.
At the same time, the final matches of the Table Tennis singles took place at Abhay Prashal in Indore. West Bengal’s Ankur Bhattacharjee and Maharashtra’s Taneesha Kotecha won gold in the Boys and Girls respectively.
The MP Badminton Academy simultaneously hosted the Badminton finals where
Haryana’s Divika Sihag won gold in the Girls category and Telangana’s K. Lokesh Reddy won gold in the Boys category.
On day 5, Yogasana, introduced only this year, concluded with MP wining gold. Archery and Kho Kho too concluded at the Ranital Sports complex in Jabalpur. In the Archery recurve competitions Rajasthan’s Rampal Choudhary defeated West Bengal’s Juyel Sarkar 6-2 in the final for gold. Ridhi of Haryana won the Girls recurve with a 6-2 win over state-mate Bhajan Kaur. In fact, it was 1-2-3 Haryana as Tisha Punia won bronze.
The Compound Archery events also concluded after Haryana’s Kushal Dalal won gold with a 147-141 win over Andhra’s T.G. Mani Ratnam in the Boys category. For the Girls, Maharashtra’s Aditi Gopichand Swami beat Rajasthan’s Priya Gurjar to win gold. In the Mixed category, MP’s Sonia Thakur and Amit Kumar won gold after defeating Maharashtra’s Bishal and Manjuri.
The last competition that concluded at the Ranital Sports Complex, was Kho Kho. Maharashtra beat Delhi in the Boys final to win gold, while Odisha won gold by beating Maharashtra in the finals. In the Boys category, Odisha won bronze while Karnataka won the same in the Girls category.
A standout day for Athletics
Day five was a standout day for Athletics competitions as it took the centre stage with the first gold of the day. Shailabh of Delhi won gold at the Boys 1500m, which was also the first medal event of a three-day track & field roster. Sakir of Haryana came in second, while Sumit Kumar of Telangana took bronze.
For the Girls category, Asha Kiran Barla of Jharkhand took gold, ahead of Bushra Khan of M.P. Laxita Sandilea of Gujarat won third place. Other notable winners included Madhya Pradesh’ Aditya Raghuvanshi, who won gold in the Boys High Jump, Vidhi of UP won the Girls gold in Shot Put. Haryana won the Boys Hammer throw, Maharashtra’s Isha Rajesh Yadav won gold in the Girls 400m while Abiram P of Kerala won Gold in the Boys’ category. Odisha’s Sabita Toppo jumped 5.73m to win gold in the Girls long jump.
Maharashtra and Haryana dominates
Have a look at the Medal Tally of the #KheloIndia Youth Games 2022, 3rd February 2023 👇#KIYG2022 #KheloIndiaInMP@ChouhanShivraj @yashodhararaje pic.twitter.com/ESYKxenkdm
— Khelo India (@kheloindia) February 3, 2023
Among the states, Maharashtra and Haryana clearly dominated over the games on Day 5 of the KIYG 2022-23. Maharashtra won 16 medals in total in Yogasana, which included five gold medals. Haryana on the other hand won four medals in cycling, including three golds.
Maharashtra are currently on top due to having more silvers, despite having the same medal tally of 14 golds with the hosts Madhya Pradesh (MP).
KIYG 2022-23 Upcoming Day six attractions
One of the main attractions for day six will be the 20 finals in Boxing which will take place throughout the day at the T.T. Nagar stadium. Day six will also feature the Basketball finals at the Basketball complex in Indore. Gatka, the traditional martial art discipline will also conclude on day six.