 When paddler JehoHimnakulpuingheta from Mizoram University stepped up against Ansh Sabharwal of Punjabi University, Patiala, at the Khelo India University Games 2021, he was put on the back foot straightaway. The 2020 Khelo India Youth Games Bronze-medal winner, Jeho, went down 0-6 against Ansh, and things looked difficult from there. But showing crafty defensive techniques, Jeho managed to showcase his mental tenacity and went on to win the match in straight games.

Meet Jeho, the paddler from Mizoram gives a stunning defensive display at KIUG

New Delhi (The Hawk): Ashish was 10 years old when his father forced him into the sport of Wrestling. At that time, Ashish had no idea about the sport and had never even seen it before. But his father, who worked as a farmer in Joshi Jat village of Sonepat district in Haryana, had seen Wrestling all around in his village and believed it to be a tough, individual sport that can bring discipline into his son's life."Because winning or losing in this sport is completely dependent on the individual, my father believed this sport will really give me important life lessons," Ashish said.While initially reluctant to pursue the sport, Ashish fell in love with Wrestling in 2017 when he bagged his first medal in the Sub-Junior Nationals in the 97kg category. "Slowly and steadily, I started winning medals and getting better at it. I started enjoying it when I won a Sub-Junior Nationals in Andhra Pradesh. I felt proud of my hard work and started enjoying the sport," he said.Ashish continued to attain success in his career, as he went on to win three more medals in Junior Nationals in the same category, and in 2021, at the Senior Nationals in Noida, he attained a Bronze medal in the 97kg weight category.Ashish then went on to win a Gold medal in the All India University Games and at the Khelo India University Games 2021, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, on Sunday, Ashish attained another Gold medal in the 97kg Freestyle Wrestling, defeating Maharshi Dayanand University's Ajay in the Final by Technical Superiority."This is my first Gold medal in Khelo India University Games. Now my focus is completely on Commonwealth Games. I competed here to check out the competition and prepare for the multi-sport event. There will be trials to get selected for CWG, and I am eagerly awaiting the same now," a pumped-up Ashish said after receiving his Gold medal at the KIUG 2021.On being asked how his training for the Commonwealth Games is going on, Ashish said that his big focus is to avoid any significant injuries as they can really derail a wrestler's career."I am training along with my father. Hum kamde maarte hain, dand lagate hain... training is going really strong," he said. "We are taking a lot of care to avoid injuries. I have never suffered a major injury and I don't ever want to suffer one as well (laughs)," he added.Praising the level of competition and the organisation of KIUG 2021, Ashish said: "The Khelo India Games were amazing. The competition was great. I had good fights and I feel confident now."But while many athletes at the KIUG 2021 are eyeing a chance at the Paris Olympics 2024, Ashish said his complete focus is on the upcoming calendar year and qualifying for the CWG and the Asian Games 2022."My sole focus at this point is on the upcoming Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games this year. I am not thinking too far ahead of Paris at this point, as I am deeply focused on performing this year at the two major international events," he signed off.

Ashish was 10 years old when his father forced him into the sport of Wrestling. At that time, Ashish had no idea about the sport and had never even seen it before. But his father, who worked as a farmer in Joshi Jat village of Sonepat district in Haryana, had seen Wrestling all around in his village and believed it to be a tough, individual sport that can bring discipline into his son's life.

After KIUG 2021 Gold-Medal, Haryana's Wrestler Ashish Eyes Commonwealth Games Glory

Lucknow: Delhi University's girls became the first outfit to ensure themselves a quarterfinal berth in table tennis event at the Khelo India University Games 2022 at the BBD Badminton Hall, here on Wednesday.
Though the DU girls had an easy outing against Jadavpur University, winning the match 3-0, they got stretched by SRM University, Chennai.
DU girls won 3-1, but not before V. Kowshika took Trisha Gogoi the distance and then Tisha Kohli tripped to put the burden back on Vanshika Bhargava, who won both her singles to see their team through.
Vanshika beat Kavyashree Baskar, a national-level player, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8 to provide a lead in their second-round match. Trisha Gogoi struggled before defeating a tenacious V. Kowshika 11-8, 14-12, 4-11, 6-11, 11-2. But Tisha Kohli lost in a tough battle 6-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-2, 8-11. Vanshika, yet again, was up to the task and beat a resistant Kowshika 11-3, 4-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-9.
In a second-round match, Anannya Arup Basak led the charge against the University of Madras and helped Chitkara University win 3-2. Anannya won both her singles, first against Shruthi Ramkumar 3-1 and then beating Nithyashree Mani 3-2 (7-11, 8-11. 16-14, 11-3, 11-8). The third game turned the results in favour of Anannya. Lakshita Narang won the last rubber, beating Shruti 10-12, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6.
In other matches, Jadavpur University beat Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji University 3-2 and Chandigarh University triumphed over Savitribai Phule University 3-1 to strengthen their case in respective groups.
The men's team have played a round each, while the girls, who have played two rounds on Wednesday, have one more round on Thursday before the quarter-final draw takes place.
Results (Rounds 1):
Men:
Group A: Chitkara University bt Adamas University 3-1; SRM University bt Savtribai Phule University 3-0.
Group B: VELS University w/o from Mizoram University 3-0; Chandigarh University bt SAGE University 3-0.
Group C: Punjabi University bt University of Madras 3-2; University of Mumbai bt University of North Bengal 3-1.
Group D: Gujarat University bt University of Delhi 3-0; Lalit Narayan Mithila University bt Osmania University 3-1.
Women: (Rounds 1):
Group A: University of Madras bt University of Rajasthan 3-0; Chitkara University bt Lalit Narayan Mithila University 3-1.
Group B: SRM University bt Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji University 3-0; University of Delhi bt Jadavpur University 3-0.
Group C: Savitribai Phule University bt Osmania University 3-1; Chandigarh University bt University of Calcutta 3-2. Group D: Panjab University bt Nathibai Damodar University 3-1; Adamas University bt Jain University 3-1.—IANS

 Delhi University's girls became the first outfit to ensure themselves a quarterfinal berth in table tennis event

KIUG 2022, Table Tennis: Delhi University Girls Secure Quarterfinal Berth

Gautam Buddha Nagar/Lucknow/Varanasi/New Delhi: Star swimmer Siva Sridhar bagged two more individual gold medals as he powered Jain University to the top of the medal tally on the final day of the swimming competitions at the Khelo India University Games 2022 Uttar Pradesh.
With seven individual gold and two silver medals, and 1 bronze medal and a Team gold, Siva is the most decorated athlete of this edition of the Khelo India University Games so far and his powerful performance was instrumental in ensuring that Jain University's men's and women swimming teams walked away as the champion of the pool.
The boxing competitions began on Monday at the SVSP Sports Complex Gautam Buddha Nagar.
In the 45-48 KG category quarterfinals, Swasti Arya of Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University (MDSU) beat Lovely Professional University's (LPU) Anisha 4-0 to advance to the semifinals while in the other quarterfinal, Guru Nanak Dev University's (GNDU) Gitika defeated Janhavi Churi of University of Madras (UOM).
In the 48-50 KG category, LPU's Tamanna and Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar University's Manasi Sharma advanced to the semifinals, defeating Somwati and Anchal Singh with identical scores of 5-0 respectively. A total of 24 bouts each are to be played in the two-day quarterfinal stage.
On the final day of the swimming competitions at the SVSP Sports complex in Gautam Buddha Nagar, Jain University's Siva Sridhar added two more gold medals to his kitty in the Men's 50 M backstroke (27.30) and Men's 100 M freestyle (52.76) events taking his individual gold tally to seven in this edition of the Khelo India University Games 2022 Uttar Pradesh.
Pratyasha Ray (31.99) from Utkal University clinched the gold in the Women's 50 M backstroke event while Shrungi Bandekar of Jain University walked away with the gold medals in Women's 100 M freestyle (1:01.51) and 200 M Medley (2:31.02).
The University of Delhi Institution of Eminence's Anurag Singh (8:44.54) won the Gold in the Men's 800 M Freestyle event. Danush Suresh (1;03.98) of Saveetha Institute of Medical &amp; Technical Sciences and Chahat Arora (1:17.36) of Panjab University won the gold in the men's and women's 100 M breaststroke events.
Abhidnya Ashok Patil of Bhartiya Vidyapeeth University, made her Khelo India University Games debut in style by clinching the gold medal in the women's 25 M Pistol event with a total score of 30 while Niveditha Veloor Nair of Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu walked with the Silver medal with 29 points.
Maa Shakabhari University's Neha won the bronze medal with a score of 25 after a shoot-off with Olympian and India International Manu Bhaker.
The Panjab University team of Manu Bhaker, Gauri Sheoran and Milan Godara won gold in the Women's 25 M Pistol category while the Savitribai Phule Pune University team of Varidhi Goray, Shreya Badade and Meghna Narke won the silver medal. Devanshi Dhama, Medha Rathore and Himanshi from Guru Nanak Dev University won the bronze medal in this category.
In the men's 10 M Air Pistol event. Indira Gandhi University's Kamaljeet shot brilliantly with two near-perfect shots of 10.9 to overpower a strong competitive field to walk away with the gold medal.
Kamaljeet scored a total of 242.1, while silver medalist and India international Sarabjot Singh of Panjab University shot a total of 239.1. Delhi University Sports Council's Sahil Choudhary, with a total score of 216.9, won the bronze medal.
In the Men's 10 M Air Pistol Team event, Panjab University's Aditya Marla, Sarabjot Singh and Udhayveer Sidhu won the gold medal while Maharshi Dayanand University's Hardeep Singh Gill, Shubham and Shubham Bisla won the silver. Devansh Gupta, Sahil Choudhary and Varun Dubey of Delhi University Sports Council won the bronze medal.—IANS

 Star swimmer Siva Sridhar bagged two more individual gold medals as he powered Jain University 

KIUG 2022: Siva Sridhar Excels With 7 Gold As Jain University Tops Medals Tally

Lucknow/Noida/Delhi: Local favourite Tanya Chaudhary of the Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), Meerut, hurled the hammer to a distance of 60.61 meters to set a Games record in the hammer throw final in the 3rd Khelo Indian University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Tuesday.
The first week of competitions saw only two records tumble, but competition day eight saw triple that number of Games broken on Tuesday.
Also on the day, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (deemed University), Bhubaneshwar, made the most impressive move up the medal standings, winning as many as four of the 17 gold medals on offer in Track and Field, at the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College (GGSSC) in Lucknow.
In other important results of the day, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) won the women's tennis gold with a 2-0 win over Osmania University. SPPU also had a good day with two gold medals besides minor medals.
The men's tennis final though went the distance with Anna University (AU) at the end emerging 2-1 winners over Bharthiar University, Coimbatore in an all-South clash. The bronze in women's tennis went to Jain University while Gujarat University (GU) bagged the men's tennis bronze as the discipline concluded at the EkanaSportz City complex in Lucknow.
The field hockey final line-ups were also decided on Tuesday. The men's competition will culminate in a blockbuster all-Punjab clash as Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar take on Punjabi University, Patiala on Thursday (June 1) at the GGSSC Hockey stadium.
Both took contrasting routes to the final however, with the former slugging it out in a shoot-out in the end to win 5-5 (4-2) over Sambalpur University while the latter dished out a 7-1 pasting of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur.
The women's hockey final will see a clash between Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, who were 2-1 semifinal winners over Mysore University, and ITM, Gwalior. Gwalior defeated Punjabi University, Patiala 3-1 in the second women's semis.
Four gold decided in shooting, weightlifting
Both Shooting, going on at the Dr.Karni Singh Shooting range in Delhi, and Weightlifting, which began Tuesday at the Gautambuddh (GB) University hall in Greater Noida, experienced a four-gold day.
While GNDU picked up two of the four gold medals in Shooting through the 10m Air Pistol Women's Team of Devanshi Dhama, Khushi Tomar and Devanxhi and Arjun Thakur in the Men's Skeet competition.
The Weightlifting medals were given out in the 45 and 49kg women's categories and the 55 and 61kg men's categories. Anjali Patel lifted a total of 149kg (67kg snatch+82kg clean and jerk) to win gold in the women's 45kg for Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi, Gyanashwari Yadav won the women's 49kg gold for Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya by lifting a total of 173kg.
Punjabi University in archery finals
Carrying on their overall good performance at the Games, Punjabi University, Patiala, made as many as three of the six finals in the Compound Archery category after their archers won their respective semifinals on Tuesday at the B.B.D. University Cricket ground in the state capital.
Guru Kashi University (GKU) and GNDU also made two finals each which will be played on June 1. For Punjabi University, their Compound Men's team defeated CCSU 233-227 in their semis clash while their women's team got the better of GKU 231-223.
Then Aman Saini defeated Ritik Sharma of GNDU 149-145 in the men's individual semis to take his spot in the Men's individual final against Rishabh Yadav of the University of Delhi, who defeated Deepak Kumar of Nagpur University 148-142, to make the title round.—IANS

Local favourite Tanya Chaudhary of the Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU), Meerut

KIUG 2022: Records Tumble As Guru Nanak Dev, Panjabi Universities Meet In Men’s Hockey Final

Lucknow: Yoonus Shah, from Uttar Pradesh, won the 1500m race by creating a new Games record in the 1500m event at Khelo India University Games 2022, is working hard and aims to break the national record of 3:35.24 minutes that was set by Jinson Johnson in 2009.
The 21-year-old Yoonus created a new meet record of 3:51.61 minutes at Guru Gobind Singh Sports College track in Lucknow. He improved upon the previous meet record of 3:52.54 minutes representing Mahatma Jyotiba Phule University, Bareilly.
"I can do even better. I achieved a timing of 3:45 minutes earlier. I am putting in a lot of effort to break the national record. Presently, my full focus is on the World University Games, with trials scheduled to take place in Bhubaneswar next month," said Yunus in a media release.
Yoonus, who hails from the village Patihan in the Pilibhit district, dreams to represent India and win a medal in the Olympics.
"My dream is to win a medal for our nation. I compete in the 1500m and 800m races, but the 1500m race is my favorite. My father is a farmer. Besides my parents, I have a brother and a sister. Currently, I am training under coach Vipin Lohit at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi," he said. Recalling his journey, Yoonus said, "I went to play for Sevaram Nathu Ram Inter College in Jograjpur, Pilibhit in 2018. Coach Dinesh Pandey asked me to participate in the event. I performed well there, and then Dinesh Sir advised me to compete in the district-level events in Pilibhit. I won gold medals in the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m races. After that, I started training and represented the UP state as well."
Yoonus is participating in the Khelo India University for the maiden time.
"I have previously competed in the All India University Games. My race finish timing there was 3:45. I have also ran for the Uttar Pradesh state team. In the Uttar Pradesh state meet that took place in Meerut, I won a silver medal in the 1500m event and a bronze medal in the 800m event," he revealed.
Talking about his experience at the Khelo India University Games, Yoonus said, "It is an excellent platform. My first experience of participating here has been great. It provides a very good exposure to young athletes. I also received good exposure. The facilities here were of International standard. The track was excellent, and that helped me a lot to perform better."—IANS

Yoonus Shah, from Uttar Pradesh, won the 1500m race by creating a new Games record in the 1500m event at Khelo India University

KIUG: Working Hard To Break Jinson Johnson’s National Record, Says 1500M Record Holder Yoonus Shah

Lucknow: Ten gold medals in a single day helped Panjab University, Chandigarh (PUC), soar to the top of the third Khelo Indian University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP) medal tally, leaving behind rivals Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, who are now second, with initial leaders and defending champions Jain University, Karnataka, now finding themselves in third position.
PUC picked up five golds in Rowing, two each in Athletics and Shooting and one in Judo, to end the day with a tally of 21 gold, 12 silver and 16 bronze medals.
Competition day 9 of the Games also saw three new Games records being created, all at the Athletics competition at the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College (GGSSC) grounds in Lucknow. The Men's Pole Vault, Women's Javelin and Heptathlon KIUG records were re-written.
Sidharth AK of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (MGU, Kottayam) cleared 4.90m to create a new record in Men's Pole Vault while Harita of Chaudhary Bansi Lal University (CBLU) sank the ols Women's Javelin record with a throw of 50.14m enroute to gold. Harita's mate Pooja then made a new games mark in Heptathlon accumulating 4991 points over her seven events.
A total of 15 golds were decided on the final day of the Athletics competition and MGU, Kottayam were the most successful with three golds.
Panjab win 11 golds in Rowing
In Rowing the table toppers bagged five of the 15 golds on offer on the final day at the Ramgarh Taal in Gorakhpur. Panjabi University picked up three while Calicut University won two gold medals. Overall, PUC won 11 gold, four silver and six bronze medals in Rowing for a total of 21 medals, a big reason for their top position in the standings.
Their winners on the day included Ravinder and Dinesh Kumar in the Light weight Men's Doubles Sculls, Sonu Verma, Ajeeth, Sudarshan Lamba and Gurpreet Singh in the Light Weight Men's Fours, Khushpreet Kaur and Diljot Kaur in the Light Weight Women's Doubles Sculls, Khushpreet, Diljot, Gurbani and Poonam in the Women's Fours Sculls and finally Sukhdeep, Rajat, Sahil and Aditya in the Men's Fours 500 meter races.
Pair of Manu, Sarabjot win Mixed Team Pistol gold
Over at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting range, Olympian Manu Bhaker and India international Sarabjot Singh won the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team gold medal with a facile 16-2 victory over Varun Dubey and Vibhuti Bhatia of Delhi University. These were the first of two golds won at the range by PUC with Prabh Pratap Singh Chahal and Parinaaz Dhaliwal winning the Mixed Team Skeet competition. It was Parinaaz's second gold at the KIUG 2022 UP, after she had won the women's individual Skeet gold earlier.&nbsp;
Recurve Archery, Football finalists identified
Across three venues of Lucknow, finalists in the Recurve Archery and Football disciplines were also identified on the day. At the BBD University Cricket Ground, Guru Jambeshwar University (GJU) and Punjabi University reached two finals each in Recurve Archery. Pawan of the latter will take on Ankit Rana of Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU) in the Men's Recurve final while Bhargaviben Bhagora of Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) will clash with Anshika Kumari of Kolhan University, Jharkhand, for the Women's individual Recurve title on Friday.
On the same day, Adamas University of Kolkata will take on Punjabi University in the Men's Football final at the GGSSC, Lucknow. Also, at the Ekana Sportz City, GJU will take on CBLU in the women's football final. While Punjabi University were 2-1 winners over MGU, Kottayam in their semi-final today, Adamas had to come through penalties over GNDU, Amritsar. GJU, Hisar were 3-2 winners over GNDU in the first women's semis while CBLU defeated Annamalai University, Chidambaram, by a solitary goal.
Yogasana to begin in Varanasi
Competition day 10 will see the commencement of the Yogasana competitions at the IIT-BHU Indoor hall in Varanasi. The three-day competition will culminate with the Closing Ceremony of the Games in the same city.—IANS

 Ten gold medals in a single day helped Panjab University, Chandigarh (PUC), soar to the top of the third Khelo Indian University Games (KIUG)

Ten-Gold Day Help Panjab University Soar To The Top At KIUG 2022

Lucknow: Punjabi University, Patiala (PUP), clinched the 3rd Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP) field hockey men's title, in a tight encounter defeating Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, on penalties (3-2) on Thursday. Both teams were tied at three goals apiece after regulation time.
In the women's category Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, denied ITM, Gwalior, a hattrick of KIUG titles, defeating them 2-0 in the final played here at the Guru Gobind Singh Sports College (GGSSC) astro turf in Lucknow.
Sambalpur University clinched the bronze medal in the men's category defeating Veer Bahadur Singh (VBS) Purvanchal University, while Punjabi University beat University of Mysore to secure the bronze in the Women's category.
Double gold medals for Pragati in Archery
At the B.B.D University Cricket Ground, Pragati of Guru Kashi University (GKU), Talwandi Sabo, hogged the limelight, bagging a double gold in Compound Archery, the finals of which were held on competition day 10. She first secured the Compound Women's Individual title and later joined hands with Simranjot Singh to win the gold in the mixed team category for her University.
Rishabh Yadav won the honours in the men's individual category while Punjabi University secured both the gold medals in the team categories.
Fencing team events to start on Friday
The Fencing team events will start on Friday at the Ekana Sportz City Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, after the completion of the Individual events at the piste. Lokesh Vemani (Osmania University, Men's Epee), Bebit Bright Hentry (GNDU, Men's Sabre) and Maria Akshita (Jain University, Women's Foil) secured the gold medals on offer on the day.
Badminton finalists identified
At the B.B.D Badminton Academy, Badminton finalists were identified and the medal matches will be played on Friday, the concluding day of the Games.
Jain University, Karnataka, will face off against University of Delhi in the Women's category while Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) will meet Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak in the men's finals.
Yogasana underway at Varanasi
At the SAC Indoor Hall in IIT - BHU in Varanasi, Yogasana competitions got underway with the first medals of the discipline awarded. RTM Nagpur University won the first gold on offer in the Traditional Yogasana Team event, with a total of 407 points. Kurukshetra University (KUK) followed with 398.42 points and Ranchi University secured the bronze with 393.1 points—IANS

Punjabi University, Patiala (PUP), clinched the 3rd Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP) 

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