Shiv kumar soren

Khelo India Tribal Games: Shiv Kumar Soren and Prithvi Oraon, both from Jharkhand, were crowned the fastest men and women athletes in the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 at the Kreeda Parisar ground in Jagdalpur on Tuesday. Further, Siddharth Nagesh clinched a shot put gold and discus throw silver while Tilak Barsel bagged the men’s 100m silver for hosts Chhattisgarh.

Shiv Kumar and Prithvi led their 100m races respectively from start to finish to capture the golden double for their State. Shiv Kumar clocked a time of 10.58s while Barsel finished the race in 10.87sec to clinch the silver medal. Odisha’s Atish Kindo (10.91s) took the bronze medal.

In the women’s 100m final, 16-year-old Prithvi clocked her best time ever to clinch the gold, stopping the clock at 12.73s. Nagaland’s Ruduolhounuo Belho (12.90s) and Putul Bakshi of Jharkhand (13.03s) took home the silver and bronze medals, respectively.