Boxers power Haryana to top spot

Panchkula, June 13

It was a perfect climax for hosts Haryana as their boxing contingent ensured the overall trophy for the state on the concluding day of the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) at Tau Devi Lal Stadium, Sector 3, here today.

Tied at 41 gold medals with Maharashtra, the hosts won 10 out of the 20 boxing gold medals to surge past the defending champions. Haryana ended their campaign with a grand tally of 52 gold, 39 silver and 46 bronze medals to reinforce their status as the country’s premier sporting state. Maharashtra, who fought tooth and nail from Day 1, abdicated their throne, after managing 45 gold, 40 silver and 40 bronze.

Karnataka finished at third position with 22 gold medals, including a whopping 19 swimming gold. Manipur were fourth with 19 gold medals and Kerala fifth with 18 gold.

Maharashtra’s supremacy

Maharashtra began the day on a high note, regaining the mallakhamb boy’s Individual pole gold which was held back on Sunday after a protest. Their kho-kho boys and girls expectedly clinched both gold to even put them ahead on the medal tally. Haryana’s girls mustered the handball gold, narrowly beating Himachal Pradesh 29-28.

Haryana pugilists shine

Of eight boxers of Haryana, six won gold in the girls’ category while four boys, out of a total of five pugilists, made it to the top podium. Maharashtra had four contenders in the boxing finals but only one of them could return triumphant. In the end, Haryana’s superiority in boxing (10) and wrestling (16) proved to be the difference in the overall equation. Their swimmers and weightlifters contributed four gold medals each to the tally. Maharashtra’s athletes bagged eight gold medals while their swimmers, gymnasts and yogasana players clinched six each. Their wrestlers and lifters added three gold each too to the tally.

Last day action

Mizoram clinched two gold with boys humbling Kerala 5-1 in football and Jeho Puingheta bagging the boys’ table tennis singles crown, beating West Bengal’s Ankur Bhattacharjee 4-2. Punjab girls defeated Tamil Nadu 68-57 and Karnataka boys got the better of Rajasthan 67-62 in basketball.

Results

Table Tennis Boys

• 1st Jeho Himnakulh Puingheta, 2nd Ankur Bhattacharjee,3rd Deepit Patil & Aadarsh Chhetri 4-0

Handball Boys

• 1st Delhi, 2nd Haryana, 3rd Jammu & Kashmir & Uttar Pradesh
• 1st Haryana,2nd Himachal Pradesh,3rd Delhi & Uttar Pradesh

Boxing Boys

• Minimum Weight (46-48 KG) – 1st Vishwanath Suresh,2nd Ashish, 3rd Maan Singh & Himanshu Kaushal
• Flyweight (48-51 KG) – 1st Bishwamitra Chongtham, 2nd Mohammed Billal,3rd Himanshu Rawat & Kavi
• Bantam Weight (51-54 KG): 1st Ankit,2nd Victor Singh Shaikhom, 3rd Anand Yadav & Gaurav
• Feather Weight (54-57 KG) – 1st Himanshu Shrivas, 2nd Vijay Singh, 3rd Ayush & Akash Pundir
• Light Weight (57-60 KG): 1st Rabichandra Singh L, 2nd Vikas Kumar, 3rd Sidharth
• Light Welter Weight (60-63.5 KG) – 1st Vanshaj, 2nd Imdad Hussain (Assam), 3rd Aditya Goud & Vishwas Malik
• Welter Weight (63.5 – 67 KG): 1st Achal Veer Karwasra, 2nd Anjani Kumar M, 3rd Vikas Kumar & Mohit Kanjar
• Light Middle Weight (67-71 KG): 1st Harshit Rathee, 2nd Ashish Hooda , 3rd Gagan & Manik Singh
• Middle Weight (71-75 KG): 1st Deepak, 2nd Kunal Ghorpade, 3rd Paramvir Singh & Akash Das
• Light Heavy Weight (75-80 KG): 1st Vishal, 2nd Aksh Garg, 3rd Himanshu & Ankush Chahal

Girls

• Minimum Weight (45-48 KG): 1st Gitika, 2nd Ragini Upadhyay, 3rd Yamini Kanwar & Sanjana
• Light Fly (48-50 KG) – 1st Tamanna, 2nd Suvidha Bhagat, 3rd K Anju Devi & Monika Mallick
• Fly (50-52 KG) – 1st Ritu, 2nd Neeru Khatri, 3rd Simran Verma & Yoogasri
• Bantam (52-54 KG): 1st Neha, 2nd Aarti Dharya, 3rd Aikon Mili & Rishika R Hole
• Feather (54-57 KG) – 1st Preeti, 2nd H Griviya Devi, 3rd Renu & Anju
• Light (57-60 KG) – 1st Preeti Dahiya, 2nd Kalapana, 3rd Shaheen Gill & Lakshita Sharma
• Light Welter (60-63 KG): 1st Isha Gurjar, 2nd Rudy Lalhmingmunai, 3rd M Swetha & Riya
• Welter (63-66 KG) – 1st Sneha Kumari, 2nd Muskan, 3rd Vishakha Vartiya & Anjali Chahar
• Light Middle (66-70 KG) – 1st Lashu Yadav, 2nd Shivani, 3rd Sneha & Saie Vinayak Davkhar
• Middle (70-75 KG) – 1st Khushi, 2nd Ekta, 3rd Reena & Sneha