Khelo India Youth Games: Kerala tops athletics as Ancy Sojan outshines everyone

Kerala registered an impressive performance in athletics by winning 10 golds with Ancy Sojan emerging as only triple gold medal winner of event at Khelo India Youth Games 2020 in Guwahati. Kerala pipped Haryana to grab top spot in athletics with 18 medals in total. While Haryana bagged 29 medals, 11 more than Kerala, it lost top spot by lagging behind with nine gold.

Ancy Sojan, who hails from Thrissur, won gold in Girls Under-21 100m and long jump and later combined with her teammates to win ar gold in 4x100m relay. Sojan’s triple-gold haul pushed Kerala to first position in athletics and fifth overall. Though she outshined everyone in track and field, Kerala’s dominance in athletics was limited to performance of girls. Tamil Nadu finished on third position in athletics with eight gold though it got distinction of most number of medals (31) in event. sourn state was followed by Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi with six gold each. 

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Maharashtra table topper

Maharashtra is currently leading medal tally with 28 gold after it won two gold on January 15 while Haryana is close second with 23 gold. Uttar Pradesh and Delhi are in a tough fight to claim top-three spot as both have won 17 gold but former has currently advant of one silver over Delhi. Interestingly, both teams have 48 medals in total since Delhi has one more bronze than Uttar Pradesh.

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third edition of Khelo India Youth Games for Under-17 group (Boys & Girls) and Under-21 group (Boys & Girls) in 20 sports disciplines is underway and will conclude on January 22. objective is to help youngsters look forward to playing mega competition in same way as seniors look forward to participating and winning medals at Asian Games, Commonwealth Games or Olympic Games.

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