- Ankita, competing in her second KIYG, is a product of the Vijayi Bharat Sports Academy in Ahmedabad
- Delhi jump to second spot after bagging two gold medals
- Punjab, Chandigarh, Manipur open their gold medal account
NE SPORTS BUREAU
CHENNAI, JAN 21
Gujarat’s Ankita N bagged the first gold for the state in the girl’s 44kg category in Judo as host Tamil Nadu and Delhi clinched two gold medals each while Punjab, Chandigarh and Manipur also added one each to their tally on the second day of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 on Sunday.
Navyaa SH clinched the day’s first gold in girl’s traditional yoga and fencer Arlin AV bagged the boy’s Sabre gold defeating Haryana’s Lakshya Badser 15-14 to take Tamil Nadu’s tally to four gold and two bronze.
Ankita, competing in her second KIYG, is a product of the Vijayi Bharat Sports Academy in Ahmedabad, and had picked the sport in 2016. She was coerced to join sports by her father, a government school teacher near Gir. Ankita has been in excellent form over the past one year, winning medals at the junior world championships and the Asian junior championships in Tashkent. Coached by Georgia’s Lasa Kizilashvii and Lal Kishan Baghel at the Vijayi Bharat Sports Academy, the 18-year-old credited the hard work of her coaches for her gold-winning feat.
Delhi jumped to second spot in the medals tally after their judokas clinched two of the five gold medals on offer and also bagged two silver medals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium. Delhi’s Tannu Mann defeated statemate Jaanvi Yadav to clinch the girls 48kg gold while Anurag Sagar added the boys 55kg top spot by beating Punjab’s Nakul Arora.
Deeksha bagged the silver medal in the girl’s 44 kg category after going down against Ankita N of Gujarat. Chandigarh’s Sapna (girls 40kg) and Punjab’s Shivansh Vashisht (boys 50kg) clinched the other gold medals on offer.
Earlier in the day, Tamil Nadu’s Navyaa SH added second gold medal from Yogasana to the state’s tally by clinching top spot in Girls Traditional Yoga category with a total score of 64.75. West Bengal’s Aranya Hutait (64.42 points) and Ritu Mondal (63.5 points) clinched the silver and bronze respectively.
In the fencing competition being played at TNPESU, Manipur’s K Abhinash defeated Tejas Patil of Maharashtra in the boy’s Foil final.
In the Kabaddi competition, defending boy’s champion Haryana set up a summit clash against Rajasthan with a facile 45-28 victory over Maharashtra. Rajasthan had earlier beaten Tamil Nadu 41-23 in the other semi-final.
RESULTS (TILL 7 PM)
Medal Tally: https://youth.kheloindia.gov.in/medal-tally
BASKETBALL
Girls:
Group A: Maharashtra bt Kerala 81-54; Tamil Nadu bt Chandigarh 109-45
Group B: Punjab bt Uttar Pradesh 88-25;
Boys:
Group A: Uttar Pradesh bt Mizoram 109-52;
Group B: Rajasthan bt Chandigarh 76-74; Tamil Nadu bt Karnataka 99-72
BOXING (QUARTERFINALS)
FENCING
Boys:
Sabre: Gold medal match: Arlin AV (TN) bt Lakshya Badser (Har) 15-14; Bronze: Abhishek (Har), Shirish Angal (Mah)
Foil: K Abhinash (Man) bt Tejas Patil (Mah) 15-9; Bronze: Sachin (Har), Rohan Shah (Mah)
JUDO
Girls
40kg: Gold — Sapna (CHG), Silver — Sommya Rani Kadapala (AP), Bronze – Kritika Soni (HP), Neelam (UTR)
44kg: Gold: Ankita N (Guj), Silver — Deeksha (Del); Bronze – Roshivina M (Man), Yuvika Tokas (Del)
48kg: Gold — Tannu Mann (Del), Silver — Jaanvi Yadav (Del), Bronze — Bhakti Bhosale (Mah), Nancy (Har)
Boys
50kg: Gold – Shivansh Vashisht (Pun), Silver – Mohit Moolya (Mah), Bronze – Rickson Debbarma (TRI), Tang Tada (ARP)
55kg: Gold – Anurag Sagar (Del), Silver – Nakul Arora (Pun), Bronze — Om Sameer H (Mah), Yohenba Y (Man)
HOCKEY
Girls
Group A: Chhattisgarh bt Tamil Nadu 6-0; Madhya Pradesh bt Mizoram 4-2
Group B: Odisha bt Jharkhand 5-1; Haryana bt Punjab 10-0
Boys
Group A: Odisha bt Tamil Nadu 6-1, Madhya Pradesh bt Punjab 3-2
KABADDI (SEMIFINALS- TILL FILING REPORT)
Boys: Rajasthan bt Tamil Nadu 41-23; Haryana bt Maharashtra 45-28
Girls: Tamil Nadu bt Himacahal Pradesh 37- 31; Tamil Nadu enters final
SQUASH (ROUND OF 8)
Girls: 1-Pooja Arthi (TN) bt Yashi Jain (Raj) 11-4, 11-4, 11-6; Shameena Riaz (TN) bt Khushboo (UP) 11-2, 11-0, 11-4; Deepika V (TN) bt Chhavi Saran (Raj) 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; 2-Nirupama Dubey (Mah) bt Unnati Tripathi (UP) 14-12, 5-11, 12-10, 14-16, 11-9
Boys: 1-Tanveet Singh Mundra (MP) bt Ansh Tripathi (UP) 11-8; 11-6, 11-6; Sandesh Pr (TN) bt L Meyyapan (TN) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5; Arihant Ks (TN) bt Karan Yadav (UP) 11-9, 4-11, 11-2, 11-8; 2-Aryan Pratap Singh (UP) bt Alalokit Singh (Raj) 14-12, 12-14, 11-5, 8-11, 11-9
YOGASANA
Girls: Traditional: Gold – Navyaa SH (TN) 64.75 points; Silver – Aranya Hutait (WB) 64.42; Bronze – Ritu Mondal (WB) 63.5
