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KIYG 2025: Medal Hat-tricks For Rajasthan’s Harshita Jakhar And Bihar’s Suhani Kumari In Cycling
Khelo India Youth Games: Harshita Jakhar achieved a golden hat-trick at the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 cycling events, being held at the Velodrome, Indira Gandhi Stadium, here. In her debut participation itself, the 18-year-old from Rajasthan has made the KIYG a memorable one for herself.
She won the gold on Wednesday in the 2km Individual Pursuit event, recording a time of 02:35.178. The silver medalist – Bhumika of Haryana registered time of 02:41.621.
“Since I’m transitioning to the senior event, the competition hasn’t been too tough for me to be honest. However, the competitors at the Khelo India games are really good. It has turned out to be a perfect practice platform for me,” Harshita, who is a part of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Target Asian Games Group (TAGG) program, told SAI Media.
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