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Khelo India Youth Games: Punjab boys beat UP 3-1 to win hockey gold

Odisha rout Jharkhand 8-0 to claim bronze medal

Khelo India Youth Games: Punjab boys beat UP 3-1 to win hockey gold

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Tribune News Service

Gaurav Kanthwal 

Chandigarh, June 10

Punjab boys on Friday beat Utter Pradesh 3-1 to clinch the hockey title at the Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula. The Odisha team drubbed Jharkhand 8-0 to claim the bronze medal.

For Punjab, Bharath Thakur scored in the 4th and 47th minutes, while Rajinder Singh converted a penalty corner in the 58th minute.

UP earned 10 penalty corners but could convert only one in the 11th minute through drag-flicker captain Sharda Nand Tiwari.

Punjab coach Yudhwinder Singh said, “We had finished twice on the podium, with a silver and bronze, but today the boys displayed perfect hockey and delivered.”

 

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