The sixth day of action in the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 saw the girls' kho kho team of Odisha steal the spotlight from Maharashtra's Aidi Hegde, who completed a rich haul of seven medals by bagging two on the last day of competitions in swimming.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday extended his best wishes to the athletes participating in the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 being held in Patliputra Sports Complex Patna Bihar asserting that "the more one plays, the more one blossoms".
The fast-rising Mohammad Reyan Basha continued to impress by winning gold with a time of 10.81s in the men’s 100m event besides being a part of the Odisha 1000m sprint medley team which won silver, where he was joined by fellow Reliance Foundation athlete Rajendra Sidhu.
Hailing from Imphal East, Zenith credits his mother for whatever he has achieved in fencing.
Defending champions Maharashtra and last edition runners-up Haryana clinched five and four gold medals each on Monday to begin their march towards the top half of the medals tally of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 in Tamil Nadu.
The CM said Haryana is continuously progressing in sports and the state government is increasing the budget of sports every year.
The allowance is reportedly allotted for the first quarter of the 2020-21 year.
Kiran Rijiju said about 15,000 sportspersons are being trained in Training Centres under Khelo India.
In the mega national event, 830 players from across India will participate in 30 events which include snow skiing, snow boarding, cross-country, snow show, snow cycling and other snow-based events
When asked about the Khelo India University Games, Kidambi Srikanth said the tournament will start a new sporting culture in India.
