The fifth edition of KIUG 2025 is being held across seven cities in Rajasthan. A whopping 4448 athletes from 222 Universities are competing in 23 medal disciplines. The Games are being held under the aegis of the Sports Authority of India in collaboration with the Rajasthan State Sports Council and is being hosted by Poornima University.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Guru Nanak Dev University won two more gold medals in track cycling and three gold medals in Skeet Shooting to take the top spot in medal standings with 27 gold, nine silvers and 10 bronze.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Overnight leaders Jain University have also won 27 gold and nine silver but have one bronze medal less that the leaders. Lovely Professional University are third with 22 gold medals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meenakshi, who trains at Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS) Patiala, had won both the road events \u2013 Time Trial and 80km race before helping Guru Nanak Dev University bag the Team Pursuit title on the first day of track event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On Saturday, the 23-year-old was at her tactical best in the Scratch race as she held herself back till the penultimate lap and surprised the two cyclists ahead of her by taking the inner line to snatch the lead and the gold medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Later in the day, Meenakshi (4:14.150s) tried her best to get the better of Rejiya Devi (4:12.798s) in the 3km Individual Pursuit but her tired legs could not match the pace of her opponent and had to settle for a silver medal.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI am bit disappointed that I could not win the fifth gold as this is the event in which I hold the national record. I tried to catch up with her in the last few laps but I have been racing for the last five days while she was relatively fresh and that made the difference,\u201d she told SAI Media.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Though, Meenakshi failed to win the gold in her last race, her teammates Niya Sebastian and Ritesh Kaushik won the women and men 200m Sprint gold medals to help GNDU jump to second spot in the medals tally with 26 gold medals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At the Jagatpura Shooting Range, GNDU\u2019s Skeet shooters Rituraj Singh Bundela and Shivani Raikwar clinched the mixed team gold beating Rabindranath Tagore University\u2019s Jyotiradiya Sisodiya and Vanshika Tiwari 44-40 in the final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rituraj also clinched the individual skeet gold and also helped GNDU win the men\u2019s team gold.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Simranpreet Kaur Brar of Panjab University bagged the women\u2019s 25m Pistol gold with a final score of 38. Delhi University\u2019s Parisha Gupta (32) and Tejaswini (30) clinched the silver and bronze medals respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the wrestling competition that came to an end on Saturday in Bikaner, Lovely Professional University topped the chart with four gold and three silver medals despite not bagging any medal on the final day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
On Saturday, Chandigarh University\u2019s Shivani Yadav bagged the women\u2019s +86kg category gold with a total lift of 188kg while Kesav Bissa of Maharshi Ganga Singh University won the gold medal in the men\u2019s +110kg, lifting a total of 352kg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the Rugby competition, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology completed the grand double by winning both the men and women events. In the women\u2019s final, KIIT defeated Chandigarh University 17-5 to complete a hat-trick of titles. KIIT men\u2019s team won their first KIUG gold by beating Chandigarh University 15-10 in extra time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
RESULTS<\/p>\r\n\r\n
CYCLING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Scratch: Gold \u2013 Meenakshi (GNDU) 28:06.164s; Silver \u2013 Aditi Dongare (SPPU) 28:06.613; Bronze \u2013 Himanshi Singh (Chandigarh University) 28:08.304s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m sprint:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gold \u2013 Niya Sebastian (GNDU); Silver \u2013 Santi Biswas (LPU); Bronze \u2013 Sayali Arande (Shivaji University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Individual Pursuit 3 km: Gold \u2013 Khoirom Rejiya Devi (KIIT); Silver \u2013 Meenakshi (GNDU); Bronze \u2013 khusbhu (LPU)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Scratch: Gold \u2013 Pradeep Sankara K (Bharathidasan Uni) 19:14.790s; Silver \u2013 Frank Nelson (Uni of Kerala) 19:15.362s; Bronze \u2013 Adwaith Sankar SS (Uni of Kerala) 19:15.487s<\/p>\r\n\r\n
200m sprint:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Gold \u2013 Ritesh Kaushik (GNDU); Silver \u2013 Mahendra Bishnoi (LPU); Bronze \u2013 Abhindu A (Uni of Kerala)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Individual Pursuit 4 km: Gold \u2013 Ravi Singh (Kurukshetra Uni); Silver \u2013 Parhalad Kumar (Chandigarh Uni); Bronze \u2013Vasudev Bishnoi (LPU)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
RUGBY<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women: Gold \u2013 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology; Silver \u2013 Chandigarh University; Bronze \u2013 Lovely Professional University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men: Gold \u2013 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology; Silver \u2013 Chandigarh University; Bronze \u2013 University of Calicut<\/p>\r\n\r\n
SHOOTING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m Pistol: Gold \u2013 Simranpreet Kaur Brar (PU) 38; Silver \u2013 Parisha Gupta (DU) 32; Bronze \u2013 Tejaswini (DU) 30<\/p>\r\n\r\n
25m Pistol team: Gold \u2013 Panjab University 1684; Silver \u2013 University of Rajasthan 1652; Bronze \u2013 Kurukshetra University 1603<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skeet: Gold \u2013 Razia Dhillon (PU); Silver \u2013 Yashasvi Rathore (MU); Bronze \u2013 Karttiki Singh (BNU)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skeet team: Gold \u2013 Rabindranath Tagore University 318; Silver \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University 301<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skeet: Gold \u2013 Rituraj Singh Bundela (GNDU) 58; Silver \u2013 Bhavtegh Singh Gill (PEC) 57; Bronze \u2013 Abhay Singh Sekhon (PBI) 44<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skeet Mixed team: Gold \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University; Silver \u2013 Rabindranath Tagore University; Bronze \u2013 Rabindranath Tagore University<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Skeet Team: Gold \u2013 Guru Nanak Dev University 336; Silver \u2013 Panjab University 317; Bronze \u2013 Rabindranath Tagore University 261<\/p>\r\n\r\n
WEIGHTLIFTING<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
+86kg: Gold \u2013 Shivani Yadav (CHU) 189kg; Silver \u2013 Swati Yadav (LPU) 188kg; Bronze \u2013 Ruchika Dhore (CHU) 183kg<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
+110kg: Gold \u2013 Kesav Bissa (MGSU) 352kg; Silver \u2013 Vaishnav Thakur (SPPU) 343kg; Bronze \u2013 Sarth Jadhav (MU) 291kg<\/p>\r\n\r\n