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During the Khelo India Youth Games, Maharashtra was adjudged as the champion team with 256 medals, comprising 78 gold, 77 silver, and 101 bronze medals. Photo: @KheloIndia/Twitter

Cash rewards for Khelo India gold medallists from Maharashtra

Maharashtra Sports Minister Sunil Kedar on Monday announced that gold medallists of the Khelo India Youth Games held recently in Guwahati will be awarded ₹1 lakh each, silver and bronze medal winners will be rewarded with a prize of ₹75,000 and ₹50,000 respectively.

The Federal
28 Jan 2020 12:54 PM IST

Maharashtra Sports Minister Sunil Kedar on Monday (January 27) announced that gold medallists of the Khelo India Youth Games held recently in Guwahati will be awarded ₹1 lakh each.

Kedar, while making the announcement at the Press Club of Nagpur, also said the athletes from the state who won silver and bronze medals at the Khelo India Youth Games, will be rewarded with a prize of ₹75,000 and ₹50,000 respectively.

During the Games, Maharashtra was adjudged as the champion team with 256 medals, comprising 78 gold, 77 silver, and 101 bronze medals, leaving Haryana to draw consolation from their 200-medal haul as the celebration of sports for the nation’s youth came to a close on Wednesday (January 22).

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After 13 days of intense competition, Maharashtra won its second Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) trophy in a row.

Kedar said medallists will be felicitated in Mumbai at a later date.

Final medal tally

Swimmer Kareena Shankta won her second individual gold medal while leading a Maharashtra sweep of the podium in the girls U-17 200m breaststroke event that saw them scoop 46 medals from the pool, including 18 gold that left Haryana in their wake.

Maharashtra’s other gold medals came from the tennis court where Snehal Mane and Mihita Yadav rallied from the first set deficit to beat Telangana’s top-seeds Sravya Chilkapudi and Sama Sathwika 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 and from the women’s Under-21 weightlifter Snehal Sukumar Bhongale.

Through the day, Maharashtra kept an eye on Haryana’s surge. Expectedly, their rivals enjoyed a productive day, winning 10 gold medals through both their girl’s football teams, boxers, and the U-17 tennis boy’s doubles pair.

But with four Haryana boxers losing in the finals, the fight for the top place was as good as over before the action shifted to the swimming pool.

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It was there that Karnataka added four gold to those won by boxer Nishant Dev and rising tennis star Reshma Maruri to leapfrog over Uttar Pradesh in the medal charts to the fourth place behind Maharashtra, Haryana, and Delhi.

Srihari Nataraj won the 100m backstroke and 100m freestyle gold medals to take his medal collection in the Games to five gold and three silvers.

With eight medals to show for his efforts, Srihari Nataraj shared the limelight with fellow-swimmer Shivangi Sarma (Assam) who won five gold and two silver to emerge the most successful girl in the Khelo India Youth Games.

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Karnataka pocketed 21 of their 32 gold from the pool.

Haryana’s domination of the boxing ring was absolute, claiming a massive 47 medals, including 15 gold and 14 silver.

A measure of their superiority can be seen from the fact that their closest rivals, Maharashtra, secured 19 medals, including six gold, a few of which were won by boxers from the North-East who are training at the Army Sports Institute in Pune.

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Puducherry and Ladakh made it to the medal charts on the final day. For Puducherry, their women’s U-21 over 87kg class weightlifter secured a bronze behind Snehal Sukumar Bhongale and Swati Yadav (Uttar Pradesh).

For Ladakh, making their debut in the Khelo India Games, Fahana Eliyas secured a bronze in the 69kg women’s U-21 competition.

It meant that as many 33 contingents from across the country went back home with at least a medal.

The home state had much to cheer about ahead of the emotional closing ceremony, having won 20 gold and 22 silver in a total of 76 medals to be seventh overall.

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West Bengal, Gujarat, and Punjab completed the list of top 10 states on the medals table.

(With inputs from agencies)

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