Khelo India Youth Games 2020: Meet these impressive winners making the right noise

India has been witnessing some stellar performances at ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2020 in Guwahati. While Maharashtra is leading overall medal tally, Haryana is at second position followed by Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. Many players, with ir rousing performances, forced country to take tice. 

One of most inspiring stories is of Assam cyclist Gongutri Bordoloi who won a gold medal in women’s U-21 60 km time trial after recovering from an accident that broke her collarbone and had multiple lacerations, injuries. accident kept her out of sports for over a year.

“When she saw my state, my mor put her foot down and told me to give up sport. But my far, a policeman, stood by my side, fought for me and made me cling on to my passion when I could have been down and almost out,” said 17-year-old.

“My dad is a fighter, my inspiration. He said if at all I have to quit it has to be on my terms, t because I had an injury,” she added.

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While Zeena Khitta, a senior national champion from Himachal Pradesh, won gold medal in women’s U-21 10m Air Rifle shooting, Jasmeen Kaur of Punjab bagged silver and Sift Kaur of Punjab got bronze. Maharashtra girls have been at forefront of gymnastic events and ensured ir state top position in medal tally on January 14. Asmi Badade, 14, and Aditee Dandekar, 20, outclassed ir competitors at gymnastic events as ir state bagged 40 medals out of 62 on offer. Asmi won four golds and one silver while Aditee bagged three golds, a silver, and a bronze medal. 

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Wants to emulate Abhinav Bindra

Rudraksh Patil, also from Maharashtra who won gold in 10m air rifle at Khelo India Youth Games in Guwahati, wants to emulate Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra. Patil said that Abhinav Bindra won one Olympic gold in shooting so he dreams to surpass latter by winning two golds for country. young shooter revealed that he was asked strictly by his coach to t look at scoreboard and t think about medal.

“My coach had told me t to think of medal at all, to strictly t look at scoreboard. It was t easy but I did just that and I guess that’s why I have succeeded,” said Patil.

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(With PTI inputs)