Panchkula, June 8: Haryana wrestlers clinched four out five gold medals on offer to wrest back their state’s lead on the final day of the Khelo India Youth Games here on Wednesday.
The hosts collected two more yellow metals in track and field events to take their overall tally to 30 gold, 23 silver and 33 bronze medals and surge past Maharashtra (26G, 25S, 22B).
In the swimming competition in Ambala, Karnataka began with a splash, creating three new marks while winning four gold. That took their gold tally to six, following two in track and field.
On the wrestling mat, Antim dominated the girls 53kg category to clinch her second Khelo India yellow metal in three years. In the final, she faced resistance from a determined Kalyani Gadekar of Maharashtra but emerged winner riding on her tactical acumen.
The other three golds for Haryana were bagged by Pulkit (girls 65kg), Sahil (boys greco roman 92kg) and Sagar Jaglan (boys freestyle 80 kg), taking their wrestling tally to 16 gold, 10 silver and nine bronze medals.
Maharashtra were second with three gold, with Vaibhav Patil adding the boys freestyle 55kg crown to his state’s tally. Madhya Pradesh and Chandigarh wrestlers won one gold each.
Meanwhile, Haryana weightlifter Jyoti Yadav clinched gold in the girl’s 76kg with a total lift of 178kg. Assam’s Suditya Baruah (boys 89kg) and Punjab’s Dilbag Singh (boys 96kg) also claimed gold in weightlifting.
In track and field, Kiran of Rajasthan threw the discus almost three metres further than her nearest competitor for their second gold medal in athletics.
Unnathi Aiyappa clinched the girl’s 100m hurdles gold medal with a timing of 14.00 seconds, while Haryana’s Mohit pipped Rajasthan’s Madhvendra Shekhawat with a timing of 13.62s to win the boy’s 110m hurdles.
West Bengal’s Srinjoy Datta bagged the gold medal in 10m air rifle event. Keval Prajapati of Gujarat clinched the bronze. (PTI)
