Chandigarh University remained dominant at the Khelo India University Games 2023 (KIUG 2023) with crucial couple of days left to go. The Games that commenced on 17th February, will conclude on 29th February 2024.
KIUG is taking place in all the North Eastern States except Manipur. competitions across 20 sports. Around 4,500 athletes from over 200 universities across India are competing for the KIUG 2023 title. There are a total of 822 medals up for grab including 245 gold, 245 silver and 332 bronze in 20 sporting disciplines.
At the end of Sunday, 444 medals had been presented, of which Chandigarh University won 48 medals including 20 gold, 13 silver and 15 bronze.
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Lovely Professional University, Punjab is in the second place with 24 medals that include 11 gold, 10 silver and 3 bronze. Next on the tally is Jain University, Karnataka with total 20 medals of which 8 are gold, 6 are silver and 6 are bronze.
Meanwhile at IG Stadium in Kohima, Chandigarh University has been adjudged the KIUG 2023 ‘Group Champion’ for Wrestling in both the men’s and women’s categories as the Wrestling events concluded on Sunday. The closing ceremony was graced by Governor La Ganesan as the Special Guest and presented medals to the winners.
In the men’s category, while Chandigarh University were group champions, Guru Kashi University and Rani Chanamme bagged the second and third positions respectively. In the women’s category, Chandigarh University came in first while Lovely Professional University and Guru Kashi University won the second and third positions respectively.
During the program, traditional Naga wrestlers Venuzo Dawhuo and Kezhaseluo-o Pienyü, demonstrated the Naga traditional wrestling to showcase the unique wrestling style to the guests.
232 athletes, 25 technical officials and 55 support staff from 72 universities across the country attended the games in Nagaland. The athletes and officials will depart on Monday.
The results on the final day of Wrestling events at KIUG 2023 are as follows:
Men’s Freestyle seniors 61 kg
Gold- Ramkesh of Chandigarh University (CU)
Silver- Aksh of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit Univeristy (SLBSRSU)
Bronze- Anil Kumar of Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE)
Men’s Freestyle senior 86kg
Gold- Sachin of Chandigarh University (CU)
Silver- Pushpender Dalal of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU)
Bronze- Badal Vidhuri of Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa (CDLU)
Men’s Freestyle seniors 125kg
Gold- Aman Rathi of Guru Kashi University (GKU)
Silver- Sudarshan Mahadev Kotkar of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)
Bronze- Sakesh of Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewal University (SJJTU)
Women’s Seniors 57 kg
Gold- Shilpa of BPSMV
Silver- Hansabenrathore of Lovely Professional University (LPU)
Bronze- Manju of Guru Kashi University (GKU)
Women’s Seniors 65kg
Gold- Komal of CRSU
Silver- Antim of Chandigarh University (CU)
Bronze- Diksha Malik of Guru Kashi University (GKU)
Bronze- Freedom Yadav of Lovely Professional University (LPU)
Women’s Seniors 68 kg
Gold- Sumit Kumari of Indira Gandhi University (IGU)
Silver- Tamanna of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU)
Bronze- Shravani Dnyaneshwar Shelake of Sunrise University (SU)
Hon’ble Governor @LaGanesan attended the closing ceremony of the 4th Edition of Khelo India University Games ( Asthalaxmi) 2023. The Gov.congratulated all the winners and gave away the Champions trophy and the medals to the winners. @KheloUniversity @MyGovNagaland pic.twitter.com/8UgD7DcniY
— Raj Bhavan Nagaland (@RajBhavanKohima) February 25, 2024
Women’s Seniors 76kg
Gold- Reetika of Chandigarh University (CU)
Silver- Sunena of Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU)
Bronze- Shikha Dabas of Guru Kashi University (GKU)
Men’s Greco- Roman Seniors 55 kg
Gold- Sanjeev of Lovely Professional University (LPU)
Silver- Raju Borasi of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAV)
Bronze- Dinesh Yadav of Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
Men’s Greco-Roman 87kg Senior
Gold- Yudhaveer of OPJSU
Silver- Aditya A Bedyale of Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University (VSKU)
Bronze- Deepak Singh of Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE)
Men’s Greco- Roman Senior 130kg
Gold- Sagar of Dr K N Modi University (DKNMU)
Silver- Linkan Singh Yadav of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University (DRMLAU)
Bronze- Wadajakr Deepak Balaji of Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University (SRTMU)
