Panchkula, June 7: Maharashtra’s Sanyukta Kale swept all the five gold medals on offer in rhythmic gymnastics to steal the limelight at the Khelo India Youth Games here on Tuesday.
Far away in New Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar’s Celestina Chelobroy too jumped into the spotlight by clinching her third cycling gold on the second day of the event.
Sixteen-year-old Sanyukta’s clean sweep helped Maharashtra (24 gold, 22 silver, 17 bronze) sneak past Haryana (23G, 20S, 29B) in the medal tally.
The hosts added only six gold on Day 5 of the Games as their boys went down fighting in the kabaddi and volleyball finals much to the dismay of their fans.
Celestina equalled her own record in the Khelo India Youth Games, pedalling away to her third gold at the IG Velodrome in New Delhi. The 19-year-old had collected her first two gold medals, the team sprint (with Tina Maya) and individual sprint 200m event, on Monday. She then clinched the keirin 1500m gold.
Maharashtra won both the 4×100 relays, girls 100m, boy’s high jump (Aniket Mane, with a 2.07m leap).
Madhya Pradesh’s Arjun Waskale bagged the first gold on the track by clinching the boys 1500m race (3:51.57 seconds).
Manipur’s Huidrom Bhumeshwory Devi showcased her speed in the last lap to win the girls 1500m race (4:40.40 seconds).
Elsewhere, Haryana’s badminton star Unnati Hooda came back to win the girl’s singles title while the state’s Kabaddi boys team lost a final.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s Darshan Pujari clinched the boys badminton singles gold, beating S Rithvik Sanjeevi of Tamil Nadu 21-15 22-20. (PTI)
