Medal Winners of Khelo India Youth Games-21 honoured by Adviser

2022-07-07

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The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration honoured 16 medal winners of Khelo India Youth Games-21 in a Cash award function organized at Chandigarh Lake Sports Complex. The Chief Guest of this award ceremony, Sh. Dharampal, Advisor to the Administrator felicitated the medal winners of KIYG-21 in a gathering by presenting them a sum of Rs50000/-, Rs30000/- and Rs20000/- as awards to the Gold, Silver and Bronze medal winners respectively.

The Chief Guest Sh. Dharampal, Advisor to the Administrator had personally visited the venue of KIYG and keenly observed the city athletes participating in the competitions and felt proud to see that some of them are achieving the top honour and some of them giving tough fight to their opponents showing their good sportsman spirit.

Sh. Sarpreet Singh, IAS, Secretary, Sports, Chandigarh Sports department also had a glimpse of performance at the venue and admired the athletes for their scintillating performance in the KIYG-21 competition and he felt proud to see the Chandigarh athletes on the podium. Our luminaries of the city Sh. Sanjay Tandon, Chairman, Administrator’s Advisory Committee on Sports, expressed his views and advised the players to play the game with game sprit and never divert their attention till the target is achieved. Our other luminaries of the city Saurabh Duggal, President, Chandigarh Press Club. Sh.Tejdeep Singh Saini, PCS, Director, Sports Sh. Rajiv Tiwari, Director, Public Relations and Sh. Sunil Rayat, Joint Director, Sports also honoured the occasion with their presence.

1.	Ms. Ravleen Kaur	Gatka	Single Stick Individual	Gold	Exemplary performance in KIYG-21. First time participation in Khelo India Youth Games. Strong presence in the competition and contended well in their events by winning medals. Major contribution to place the Chandigarh in 13^th rank in the country.
2.	Ms. ArshdeepKaur	Gatka	Single Stick Individual	Silver
3.	Ms. RavleenKaur,	Gatka	Team	Gold
	Ms. ArshdeepKaur	Gatka
	Ms. Gurnoor Kaur	Gatka
4.	Tej Pratap Singh Jassar	Gatka	Single Stick Individual	Bronze
5.	Gurcharan Singh	Gatka	Team	Silver
	Jeevanjot Singh	Gatka
	TejPratap Singh Jassar	Gatka
6.	Ms. Reet Kapoor	Cycling	Scratch Race	Bronze	Admirable performance by a lone Cyclist from the city sprinted in scratch race to podium finish in KIYG-21.
7.	Yashveer Singh Malik	Wrestling	65 Kgs Greco Roman	Gold	Two medal winner wrestlers were fully equipped with physical, technical and tactical attributes to tackle opponent’s tactics.
8.	Bobby Cahar	Wrestling	80 Kgs Freestyle	Bronze
9.	Paramvir Singh	Wt. Lifting	102+ Kgs Snatch+Clean& Jerk	Bronze	Paramvir Singh, a Very talented weight Lifter at the right age performed flawlessly to win a medal and became the claimant to be a member of Indian squad.
10.	Himanshu	Judo	-55 Kgs	Silver	Two Judokas won medals by defeating their strong rivals and found place in National Coaching camp.
11.	Fardeen	Judo	-73 Kgs	Bronze
12.	Ms. Renu	Boxing	57 Kgs	Bronze	Commendable performance by the city pugilists in KYIG-21. The city boxers beat many renowned opponents to win medal and reserve their birth in Indian Squad.Major contribution to place the Chandigarh in 13^th rank in the country.
13.	Kavi	Boxing	51 Kgs	Bronze
14.	Ankit	Boxing	51 Kgs	Gold
15.	Achalveer	Boxing	63 Kgs	Gold
16.	Ashish Hooda	Boxing	71 Kgs	Silver

The summary of Chandigarh Medal winners of KIYG-21 is as under:-

TOTAL MEDALS OF CHANDIGARH CONTINGENT IN KHELO INDIA YOUTH GAMES-2021-22 AT PANCHKULA (HARYANA)

GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL MEDALS
05	04	07	16

Our Smart City has been ranked 13th in the KIYG-21 leaping to previous ranking. Sh. Tejdeep Singh Saini, PCS, Director Sports described the futuristic plan for further betterment of sports performance and informed about the induction of three accredited Sports Academy in Chandigarh Sports Department from Khelo India which will certainly boost the medal tally in the coming competitions.

ANALYSIS OF SPORTS PERFORMAMNCE YEAR WISE

YEAR	VENUE	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL	RANKING	Remarks
2018	DELHI	01	02	05	08	22TH	U-18 Only
2019	PUNE	03	03	05	11	16TH	U-17 & U-21 ( Two Groups participated)
2020	GUWHATI	06	02	09	17	16TH	U-17 & U-21 ( Two Groups participated)
2021	HARYANA	05	04	07	16	13TH	U-18 Only