KIUG 2023: Chandigarh University overall champions; Pratyasa Ray most successful athlete

Chandigarh University clinched overall championships of 4th Khelo India University Games 2023, Ashtalakshmi with ir boxers ding five gold, one silver and four bronze medals to ensure that none of ir close contenders even h an outside chance of staking claim to top spot. 

Khelo India University Games 2023, that started on February 17, were officially declared closed by Hon’ble Assam sports minister Shrimati Nandita Gorlosa at Sarusajai Sports Complex on Thursday. 

Vikash (Men 51-54kg), Harsh (Men 57-60kg), Deepak (Men 60-63.5kg), Priya (women 54-57kg) and Pranjal (women 66-70kg) clinched gold medals for Chandigarh University, who took home KIUG crown for first time in four editions with a total of 71 medals, including 32 gold, 18 silver and 21 bronze.

Lovely Professional University were a distant second with 20 gold, 14 silver and eight bronze while Guru Nanak Dev University finished third with 12 gold, 20 silver and 19 bronze and were only contingent apart from champions to cross 50-medal mark.

Defending champions Panjab University came up with a late surge winning five gold, two silver and three bronze medals from boxing competitions – men’s event was held in Gangtok, Sikkim, while women in Nehru Stium, Guwahati – to finish fourth with a tally of 12 gold, 12 silver and 16 bronze.

Second edition champions Jain University, which led chart for first few days thanks to ir domination of swimming races, finished fifth with a total of 12 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze medals.

But it was overall prowess of Chandigarh University that me ultimate difference as y bagged seven golds from wrestling, eight from athletics, three each from weightlifting and swimming two from fencing and one each from kabdi, rugby, judo and bminton each.

Chandigarh University has been on rise since finishing 34th in first edition in Odisha. y finished 20th in second edition and h improved ir position to 11th in last edition in Lucknow.

Speaking about transformation of contingent, University Co-ordination Manager Dr Mahesh Jaitely said a change in sports policy of University was responsible for this improvement. “We increased diet money for children three times and also increased prize money for medal winners substantially (to attract sports talent),” he ded.

Swimmers Pratyasa Ray of Utkal University with four gold, one silver and one bronze was most successful female athlete of Games while honour of most successful male athlete went to Jain University’s Xavier Michael Dsouza with four gold medals.

fourth edition of Games in North-East India also saw five new Games record being set in athletics. Vikash of Chandigarh University created first record of Games on day 1 of athletics competition in men’s 1500m and javelin thrower Jyoti (Chaudhary Devi Lal University), pole vaulter M Gowtham and long jumper Vishnu (University of Mras) and 800m runner Amandeep Kaur of Panjab University ded to that list over next two days.

In javelin throw event, Chandigarh University’s Deepika h set a new Games record in her third throw only for Jyoti to eclipse her mark and get her name in record books.

Results:
BOXING
Men
46-48kg: Gold – Kishan Thakran (DBU); Silver – Harwinder Singh (PUP); Bronze – Anchit Sharma (DBRAU), Karan Kumar (PUC)
48-51kg: Gold – Ashish (PUC); Silver – Avinash Chandel (HPUS); Bronze – Vishesh (CUG), Vignesh Kumar A (MGREC)
51-54 kg: Gold – Vikash (CUM); Silver – Sevan (MDUR); Bronze – Rohit Chamoli (LPUP, Ravi (DBCRM) 
54-57kg: Gold – Ashish Kumar (HPUS); Silver – Gurpreet Singh (DBU); Bronze – Deepak (CUM), Aman Dulgaj (UM)
57-60kg: Gold – Harsh (CUM); Silver – Karan (DBRAU); Bronze – Lucky (KUK), Mitesh Deshwal (MDUR)
60-63.5kg: Gold – Deepak (CUM); Silver – Pankaj (KUK); Bronze – Sachin Pawaria (BMU), Chanchal (MGSU)
63.5-67kg: Gold – Aman Rathor (DBRAU); Silver – Aniket Pandey (VNUSG); Bronze – Anuj Yav (LPUP), Anke (PRSUP)
67-71kg: Gold – Hitesh Kumar (CHBLB); Silver – Parveen (GJUH); Bronze – Kunal Thakran (GGU), Jatan Singhmar (PDUSU)
71-75kg: Gold – Ish Pannu (CRSUJ); Silver – Himanshu (HPUS); Bronze – Abhishek Avh (UM), Abhimannu (PUSJ)
75-80kg: Gold – Anit (SGUM); Silver – Dhruv Singh (LNIPE); Bronze – Manish (SKDHR), Kulbir (LPUP)
80-86kg: Gold – Yuvraj (IGUMR); Silver – Nitish (PUC); Bronze – Mohit (CUM), Deep (AFU)
86-92kg: Gold – Jagvinder (GKUTS); Silver – Sahil (IGUMR); Bronze – Sourab Yav (BUB), Vivek Dahiya (PUC)
+92kg: Gold – Anshul (GJUH); Silver – Sawan Gill (PUC); Bronze – Aman (CUM), Deepak (AFU)
Women
45-48kg: Gold – Guddi (PUC); Silver – Muskan (KUK); Bronze – Annu Pandey (CHBLB), Anchal Shukla (KU)
48-50kg: Gold – Tamanna (LPUP); Silver – Malika Mor (RNTUB); Bronze – Niketa (MGSU), Pooja (CRSU)
50-52kg: Gold – Laxmi Devi (PUC); Silver – Priyanka (CDLUS); Bronze – Ayushi Awasti (BUB), Sonu (TMBSP)
52-54kg: Gold – Tanu (GKUTS) Silver – Sunita (MGSU); Bronze – Sonika (CHBLB), Tamanna (SJJTJ)
54-57kg: Gold – Priya (CUM); Silver – Anju (MGSU); Bronze – Hetal Dama (GU)
57-60kg: Gold – Thongam Kunjarani Devi (MANU); Silver – Poonam Kaithwas (SGBAU); Bronze – Sanya (PUC), Anjali (CHBLB)
60-63kg: Gold – Ravina (PUC); Silver – Deepika Sharma (LPUP); Bronze – Tejveer Kaur (SPPUP), Sarita Rai (MGKVV)
63-66kg: Gold – Yashi Sharma (LPUP); Silver – Vishakha Yav (MGKVV); Bronze – Nidhi (CRSU)
66-70kg: Gold – Pranjal (CUM); Silver – Shretima Thakur (HPUS); Bronze – Sana Gonsalves (UM), Sanjana (NUK)
70-75kg: Gold – Jigyasa Rajput (RNTNB); Silver – Deepika (CUM); Bronze – Neha Sharma (URJ), Shweta (MDSU)
75-81kg: Gold – Komal (PUC); Silver – Naina (BMU); Bronze – Sai Davkhar (SPPUP), Tamanna (KUK)
+81kg: Gold – Megha Mariyam (MGUK); Silver – Ipsita Vikram (VBSUJ); Bronze – Harshita (DBU), Keerthana Lakshmi (ANNAU)
JUDO
Men:
+100kg: Gold – Ritik Kumar (LPUP); Silver – itya Parab (SPPUP); Bronze – Sahil (MDU), Manav Sharma (GNDU)
Women
+78kg: Gold – Pavitra Bhateley (RTU); Silver – Annu (BMU); Bronze – Anmol (GKU), Muskan Rathi (PUC)
SHOOTING
Men
25m Rapid Fire Pistol: Gold – Miskumar Gohil (Parul Uni) 24; Silver – Devansh Vashishtha (Panjab University) 21; Bronze – Raajwardan Paatil (Bharati Vidyapeeth) 16
Women
10m Air Pistol team: Gold – Maharshi Dayanand University 1698; Silver – Silver – Punjabi University 1679; Bronze – Guru Nanak Dev University
VOLLEYBALL
Men:
Gold medal match – Panjab University bt SRM University 3-2
Bronze medal match – Kurukshetra University bt HP Unversity 3-1