Wrestlers from Haryana won four out of five gold medals on the proposal to take back their state’s lead on the final day of the Games. India Youth Games here on Wednesday.
The hosts collected two more yellow metals in track and field events, taking their total tally to 30 gold, 23 silver and 33 bronze medals, and ahead of Maharashtra (26G, 25S, 22B). ,
Elsewhere, the swimming competition in Karnataka’s Ambala started with fanfare, winning four golds and scoring three new points. Chasing two in track and field, his gold medal tally went up to six.
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On the wrestling mat, the promising final, who was seconds away from defeating 2018 Asian Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat during the Commonwealth Games trials, won the girls’ 53kg to clinch her second Khelo India Yellow Metal in three years. dominated the class.
The girl from Hisar proved to be too strong for her opponents, winning one by three more falls on the basis of technical superiority. In the final, she faced resistance from a determined Kalyani Gadekar from Maharashtra, but emerged victorious riding on her tactical skills.
The other three golds for Haryana were won by Pulkit (65kg), Sahil (Boys Greco Roman 92kg) and Sagar Jaglan (Boys Freestyle 80kg), taking their wrestling to 16 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals.
Maharashtra was second with three golds, with Vaibhav Patil taking the boys’ freestyle 55kg crown to his state. Wrestlers from Madhya Pradesh and Chandigarh won one gold each.
In other events of the day, Haryana’s weightlifter Jyoti Yadav won the gold medal in the girls’ 76kg by lifting a total of 178kg.
In weightlifting, Suditya Barua (89kg) of Assam and Dilbagh Singh (Boys 96kg) of Punjab won other gold medals.
In track and field, Kiran from Rajasthan won her state’s second gold medal in athletics by throwing the discus nearly three meters ahead of her nearest rival.
Unnati Ayyappa, daughter of former international heptathlete Pramila Ayyappa, won the girls’ 100m hurdles gold with a timing of 14.00 seconds, while Haryana’s Mohit beat Rajasthan’s Madhavendra Shekhawat with a time of 13.62 seconds to win the boys’ 110m hurdles. .
Srinjoy Dutta of West Bengal won the gold medal in the 10m air rifle event by defeating state teammate Abhinav Shaw 16-14 in the gold medal match. Kewal Prajapati of Gujarat won the bronze medal.
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