
Khelo India Winter Games: class Xth student Eklavya Jagal wins two golds
Eklavya Jagal, a 10th-standard student of Amity International School, Noida, competed against 28 skaters.
Eklavya Jagal, a 10th-standard student of Amity International School, Noida, competed against 28 skaters.
In all, 13 athletes, eight men, and five women breached the qualifying standards for the Asian Games 2023 at the National Open Race Walking Competition.
Silver medallist Suraj Panwar also dipped below the previous national record after finishing in 1:20:11, but narrowly missed both the qualifying standards.
India ended the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2023 with eight medals, one gold, six silver, and one bronze, thanks to two medals on the final day of the competition.
West Bengal secured the 11th position with a total of 37 medals. The state’s athletes won 10 gold, 13 silver, and 14 bronze medals
Earlier, Tajinderpal had won the Asian Games gold medal in 2018. He is the 2019 outdoor Asian champion and won the silver medal in the previous edition of the championships in Tehran in 2018 with a throw of 19.18m.
At the opening, the former India first-class player put on his sports shoes as he faced a few balls amidst the snowfall.
The day was as expected as Apeksha won a total of three golds at the Khelo India Youth Games with two wins in the pool. she went on to win the girls’ 100 m butterfly, finishing it with a time of 1.03.69 minutes, becoming the most successful swimmer of the Games so far.
In an interview after the event, Vedaant stated that he wants to create his own identity, separate from his father’s fame.
Athletes from Delhi won seven medals in the Khelo India Youth Games 2022.
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