The fifth edition of KIUG 2025 is being held across seven cities in Rajasthan and will witness 4448 athletes from 222 Universities compete in 23 medal disciplines. The Games are being held under the aegis of the Sports Authority of India in collaboration with the Rajasthan Government, the State Sports Council and is being hosted by Poornima University.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
There were a total of 25 gold medals on offer on the opening day and Jain University grabbed the early lead on the medals tally by bagging eight of 11 swimming gold medals. They also grabbed two silvers and four bronze to open up a big lead over Lovely Professional University, who bagged two gold medals in shooting and two in weightlifting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Guru Nanak Dev University also bagged three gold medals on the opening day with Mitvaben Chaudhari winning the women\u2019s Eppe gold and Aakhri clinching the women\u2019s Saber gold after Meenakshi had opened their account in the morning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Olympian Srihari Natraj, won two individual gold medals and then led Jain University to men\u2019s 4x200m freestyle relay gold, started his campaign with a gold medal in men\u2019s 100m backstroke with a time of 58.25s and then returned to the pool in a few minutes to dominate the 50m freestyle race, touching the pad first in 23.79s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The other gold medallists for Jain University included Bhavya Sachdeva (women\u2019s 400m freestyle), Shoan Ganguly (men\u2019s 200m IM), Manikanta L (men\u2019s 200m breaststroke), Nina Venkatesh (50m freestyle) and women\u2019s 4x200m relay.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, cycling made its debut in the Khelo India University Games program and Meenakshi bagged the first gold medal of the Games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meenakshi, a 2022 Asian Championships bronze medallist in Team Pursuit, proved that she was a force even in road racing as she bagged the gold medal here with a well-calculated race strategy. She trains at the Sports Authority of India\u2019s National Centre of Excellence in Patiala.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 23-year-old was trailing local favourite Pooja Bishnoi of Maharaja Ganga Singh University for the first lap of 10 kms but gathered pace thereafter to finish the 30km Individual Time Trial with a timing of 00:45:31.907, averaging a speed of 39.5 km\/hr.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cToday, my strategy was to stay patient, maintain my rhythm and not rush early. The strategy worked exactly as planned,\u201d said Meenakshi, who had been training for the time trials for the last three months, told SAI Media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Bishnoi took home the silver medal with a time of 00:46:52.003 while Savitribai Phule Pune University\u2019s Apurva Gore won the bronze medal with a time of 00:47:24.933.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Manav Sarda clinched the first gold medal for Maharaja Ganga Singh University in the men\u2019s 40km Individual Time Trial with a time of 00:52:12.947.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Elsewhere, Sakshi Padekar of Lovely Professional University bagged the women\u2019s 10m Air Rifle gold with a final score of 253.2. Disha Dhankhar of Panjab University won the silver with 252 points while R Narmada Nithin of University of Madras won the bronze medal with a total of 230.5 at the Jagatpura Shooting Range.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sakshi had also topped the qualification round with a total of 633.5 and helped the University also grab the team gold along with Priyanka Das and Sanjeeta Das with a total of 1884 points.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the weightlifting competition in Bikaner, Kajol Mahadev Sargar of Shivaji University (women\u2019s 48kg), Lovely Professional University\u2019s Golom Tinku (men\u2019s 61kg) and Bornali Borah (women\u2019s 53kg) clinching gold medals at the Indoor Hall of Maharaja Ganga Singh University.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Battling a hip injury for the past two years, Kajol, a former Khelo India Youth Games gold medallist, hoisted a total of 158 kgs (Snatch 73; C&J 85kg) to finish ahead of Rinki Nayak of Berhampur University (149kg), and Chandigarh University\u2019s Rani Nayak (148kg).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In men\u2019s 61kg, Golom\u2019s effort of 256kg (Snatch 112kg; C&J 144kg) was no match to his competitors Khumbheswar Mallik of Chandigarh University (223kg) and Sachin (214kg) of CT University, who finished second and third, respectively on the podium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Later in the day, Bornali lifted a total of 168kgs (Snatch 73kg; C&J 95kg) to finish atop the podium. She was closely followed by Kiuchangliu Gangmei (167kg) of Manipur University for the silver while Anu N of University of Calicut bagged the bronze with a total effort of 150kgs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
For KIUG 2025 medal tally:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
RESULTS<\/p>\r\n\r\n
BADMINTON (ROUND OF 16):<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men: Panjab University bt Jadavpur University, WB 3-0; Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University bt Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya 3-0; Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University bt Andhra University 3-0; Chitkara University Punjab bt University of Delhi 3-0<\/p>\r\n\r\n
CYCLING:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Individual Time Trial: Gold\u2014Meenakshi (GNDU) 00:45:31.907; Silver \u2013 Pooja Bishnoi (MGSU) 00:46:52.003; Bronze: Apurva Gore (SPPU) 00:47:24.933<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Individual Time Trial: Gold \u2013 Manav Sarda (MGSU) 00:52:12.947; Silver \u2013 Jai Dogra (PU) 00:53:14.315; Gaurang Singh Gaur (LPU) 00:54:32:813<\/p>\r\n\r\n
FENCING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Epee: Mitvaben Chaudhari (Guru Nanak Dev Uni); Tanuja (Guru Nanak Dev Uni); Bronze \u2013 Yashkeerat Hayer (Panjab Uni), Dnyaneshwari Shinde (Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada Uni)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Saber: Aakhri (Guru Nanak Dev Uni); Silver -- Shreya Gupta (Guru Nanak Dev Uni); Bronze \u2013 Beni Quebha MR (Punjabi Uni), Laishram Abi Devi (Lovely Professional University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Foil: Gold \u2013 K Abhinash (Guru Kashi Uni); Silver \u2013 Harshil Sharma (Guru Nanak Dev Uni); Bronze \u2013 Shaker Sayyad (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University), Shubham (Guru Nanak Dev University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
JUDO<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
48kg: Gold \u2013 Jaanvi Yadav (GNDU); Silver \u2013 Ganga Thapa (MSU); Bronze \u2013 Saniya NB (CUK)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
52kg: Mehek Singh (PU); Silver \u2013 Anumol A (CUK); Bronze \u2013 Manvi (CCS)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
60kg: Gold \u2013 Anurag Sagar (DAVU); Silver \u2013 Om Sameer Hingmire (SRTM); Bronze \u2013 Rahul Verma (MSUS)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
66kg: Gold \u2013 Vinay Kumar (CLDU); Silver \u2013 Ayush Mawri (RTU); Bronze \u2013 Choudhary Prashant Raj Singh (HMNG)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
FOOTBALL (GROUP STAGE)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women: Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu bt Goa University 1-0; University of Calicut bt Adamas University 5-0<\/p>\r\n\r\n
HOCKEY<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women: MD University, Haryana bt Lovely Professional University 2-1; Guru Nanak Dev University bt The Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Sports University, Punjab 6-0<\/p>\r\n\r\n
SWIMMING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
400m Freestyle: Gold \u2013 Bhavya Sachdeva (Jain Uni) 4:38.93s; Silver \u2013 Ashmitha Chandra (Jain Uni) 4:42.16s; Bronze \u2013 Pratyasa Ray (Utkal Uni) 4:52.47s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m Breaststroke: Gold \u2013 Yashvi Kharat (HSNC Uni) 2:49.75s; Silver \u2013 Vasupalli Naga Greeshmini (Jain Uni) 2:50.01s; Bronze \u2013 Divyanka Pradhan (KIIT) 2:50.23s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
100m Backstroke: Gold \u2013 Pratyasa Ray (Utkal Uni) 1:08.14s; Silver \u2013 Naisha Shetty (Bengaluru City Uni) 1:08.90s; Bronze \u2013 Shrungi Bandekar (Jain Uni) 1:09.54s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
50m Freestyle: Gold \u2013 Nina Venkatesh (Jain Uni) 27.69; Silver \u2013 Yogya Singh (LPU) 28.20s; Bronze \u2013 Nilbjaa Ghosh (KIIT) 28.27s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
4x200m Freestyle relay: Gold \u2013 Jain University 9:33.23s; Silver \u2013 Chandigarh University 9:39.12s; Bronze \u2013 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology 9:51.32s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
400m Freestyle: Gold \u2013 Aneesh S Gowda (Christ Uni) 4:10.27s; Silver \u2013 Shivank Vishwanath (Viseshwaraya Tech Uni) 4:15.09s; Bronze \u2013 Dhyan Balakrishna (Jain Uni) 4:20.79s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m IM: Gold \u2013 Shoan Ganguly (Jain Uni) 2:12.19s; Silver \u2013 Shivank Vishwanath (Viseshwaraya Tech Uni) 2:14.92s; Bronze \u2013 Vraj Patel (Gujarat Uni) 2:15.83s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m Breaststroke: Gold \u2013 Manikanta L (Jain Uni) 2:24.87s; Silver \u2013 Deepak Patil (Uni of Mumbai) 2:28.86s; Bronze \u2013 Keshav Kaushik (Panjab Uni) 2:29.55s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
100m Backstroke: Gold \u2013 Srihari Natraj (Jain Uni) 58.25s; Silver \u2013 Dhyaan M (Reva Uni) 59.70s; Bronze \u2013 Xavier D\u2019Souza (Jain Uni) 1:00.87<\/p>\r\n\r\n
50m Freestyle: Gold \u2013 Srihari Natraj (Jain Uni) 23.79s; Silver \u2013 Sahil Pawar (SPPU) 24.35s; Bronze \u2013 Xavier D\u2019Souza (Jain Uni) 24.71s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
4x200m Freestyle relay:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gold \u2013 Jain University 8:08.49s; Silver \u2013 University of Madras 8:12.94s; Bronze \u2013 Panjab University 8:21.95<\/p>\r\n\r\n
SHOOTING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
WOMEN:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
10m Air Rifle: Gold \u2013 Sakshi Padekar (LPU) 253.2; Silver \u2013 Disha Dhankhar (PUC) 252; Bronze \u2013 R Narmada Nithin (UM) 230.5<\/p>\r\n\r\n
10m Air Rifle team: Gold \u2013 Lovely Professional University 1884; Silver \u2013 Panjab University 1878; Bronze \u2013 Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University \u2013 1876.2<\/p>\r\n\r\n
WEIGHTLIFTING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
48kg: Gold \u2013 Kajol Sargar (SHU) 158kg; Silver: Rinki Nayak (BR U) 149kg; Bronze: Rani Nayak (CHU) 148kg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
53kg: Gold \u2013 Bornali Borah (LPU) 168kg; Silver \u2013 Kiuchangliu Gangmei (MNU) 167kg; Bronze \u2013 Anu N (UCK) 150kg<\/p>\r\n\r\n
48kg: Gold \u2013 Kajol Sargar (SHU) 158kg; Silver: Rinki Nayak (BR U) 149kg; Bronze: Rani Nayak (CHU) 148kg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
60kg: Gold \u2013 Golom Tinku (LPU) 256kg; Silver \u2013 Kumbheswar Mallik (CHU) 223kg; Bronze \u2013 Sachin (CTU) 214kg<\/p>\r\n\r\n