Ruchir mori

Khelo India University Games Rajasthan: Chandigarh University’s Rahul (men’s 20km race walk) and Deepika (women’s Javelin Throw), Ruchir Mori (men’s 400m hurdles) of Swarnim Gujarat Sports University, Lovely Professional University’s Pooja (Women’s High Jump) broke the KIUG Meet Record on the second day of the athletics competitions in the Khelo India University Games Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Tuesday.

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 are being hosted by Poornima University.

In the morning session, Rahul led the 20km Race Walk from start to end to stop the clock at 1:25:43.00s, improving on the previous record of 1:26:44.00 set by Akshdeep Singh of Punjabi University back in 2022. Suraj Yadav of Jannayak Chandrashekhar University took silver with a time of 1:30.06.50s, while the other two competitors were disqualified.