Khelo India: Gharuan varsity overall champs, PU fourth

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Chandigarh, February 29

Chandigarh University, Gharuan, clinched the overall championship of the 4th Khelo India University Games (KIUG), while Panjab University slipped to the fourth position. The event was officially declared closed at the Sarusajai Sports Complex today. The Gharuan university boxers added five gold, one silver and four bronze medals to claim the top spot.

Vikash (men 51-54kg), Harsh (men 57-60kg), Deepak (men 60-63.5kg), Priya (women 54- 57kg) and Pranjal (women 66-70kg) clinched gold medals for the university. The contingent claimed their first ever title by bagging a total of 71 medals, including 32 gold, 18 silver and 21 bronze.

Lovely Professional University were a distant second with 20 gold, 14 silver and eight bronze, while Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, finished third with 12 gold, 20 silver and 19 bronze.

Panjab University came up with a late surge, winning five gold, two silver and three bronze medals from the boxing competitions to finish fourth with a tally of 12 gold, as many silver and 16 bronze medals.

The second edition champions, Jain University, led the chart for the first few days, courtesy domination in swimming races, and claimed overall fifth spot with a total of 12 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze medals.

In the first edition of the games held in Odisha, the Gharuan university had finished 34th. They finished 20th in the second edition and improved their position to 11th in the last edition held in Lucknow.

The fourth edition of the games in the northeast also saw five new games record being set in athletics. Vikash of Chandigarh University created the first record of the games on Day 1 in the men’s 1500m while javelin thrower Jyoti (Chaudhary Devi Lal University), pole vaulter M Gowtham and long jumper Vishnu (University of Madras) and 800m runner Amandeep Kaur of Panjab University added to the record list over the next two days.

On the last day, Panjab University spikers claimed the gold medal by defeating SRM University 3-2. Kurukshetra University claimed the third position by recording a 3-1 win over Himachal Pradesh University. Panjab University shooter Devansh Vashishtha claimed silver in the 25m rapid fire pistol event by scoring 21 points.

Final day results

Judo: Men +100kg: 1. Ritik Kumar 2. Aditya Parab 3. Sahil and Manav Sharma; women +78kg: 1. Pavitra Bhateley 2. Annum 3. Anmol and Muskan Rathi

Shooting: Men 25m rapid fire pistol 1. Mitheskumar Gohil 2. Devansh Vashishtha 3. Raajwardan Paatil; women 10m air pistol team: 1. Maharshi Dayanand University 2. Punjabi University 3. Guru Nanak Dev University