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KIUG 2025: KIIT’s Samardeep, Isha Chander Prakash, Men’s Relay Team Light Athletics Action With New Meet Records
Dr Homi Bhabha State University: The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology’s (KIIT) Samardeep Singh Gill improved on his own All India University (AIU) mark in men’s shot put, while Isha Chander Prakash (women’s heptathlon) and their men’s 4x100m eclipsed the meet records on the final day of athletics action in the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.
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 (SAI) in collaboration with the Rajasthan State Sports Council and are being hosted by Poornima University.
With just one day of competition left, Chandigarh University extended its lead at the top of the medals table to 41 by bagging seven gold medals in Canoe and Kayaking on Thursday. While Chandigarh University dominated the canoe and kayaking events, three new records were made in athletics to take the total to 12 over four days.
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