National Games 2022: Shauryajit Khaire becomes the youngest medalist by clinching Bronze

10-year-old Shauryajit Khaire of Gujarat created history by winning a medal in the National Games 2022 on Monday. This child won a bronze medal in Pole Mallakhamb and with this, Shauryajit has become the youngest player to win a medal in these games. Gujarat, however, is outside the top-3 in the medal tally. Here Maharashtra has shown its strength, removing Haryana from the second place and has taken this place in its name.

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Shauryajit surprised everyone with his feats and was also successful in winning a medal on the basis of his game in the National Games 2022. A few days ago, the video of this child went viral and he had come into the eyes of the whole of India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also praised Shauryajit and tweeted, "What a star Shauryajit is."

Although the Services is still standing on the number-1 chair. Mallakhamba took Maharashtra to second place. Maharashtra today won five to three gold medals in this event. They now have 34 gold medals, while Haryana, which has slipped to third place, has 32 gold medals. Maharashtra has also won 26 silver and 56 bronze medals and has the highest number of 126 medals. Services is at the first position with 53 Gold, 33 Silver, and 29 Bronze. Haryana has also crossed 100 medals mark.

On the other hand, Pooja Patel from Gujarat won her second gold medal in Yogasana teaming up with Komal Makwana. The host state won both men's and women's bronze medals in soft tennis. Gujarat has so far won 43 medals which include 13 gold, 12 silver, and 18 bronze medals.

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Maharashtra's Rupali Gangawane performed brilliantly and won her third gold medal. She has achieved success in women's rope competition (9.25) today. Earlier, she had won gold in individual all-round and team events. She also won a bronze medal in the pole event. Siddhi Gupta of Madhya Pradesh won the gold in this category with a score of 9.10. Akshay Prakash Taral won the title of men's all-round championship. He achieved double success by winning the rope competition by 8.95 points. While Uttar Pradesh made a big upset by defeating Maharashtra in the semi-finals of men's hockey.