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Khelo India Winter Games: Two gold medals were decided on Day 3 of the Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) 2026 on Thursday with Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh sharing one each in the men’s and women’s 500m long track events, respectively, at Gupukh’s Pond in Leh.

Haryana continued to lead the medal tally, courtesy of the pair of figure skating golds won on Wednesday. Four states – Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Madhya Pradesh, with a gold each – share the second spot with hosts Ladakh at sixth position with two silvers and two bronzes. The Ladakh leg of KIWG 2026 will end on Republic Day.

Like previous editions, skaters from the plains are matching their skills with those from regions gifted with snow and ice. If Haryana did this on Wednesday, Avikshit Vijay Viswanat (Tamil Nadu) and Udreka Singh (Madhya Pradesh) demonstrated their prowess by skating to the 500m long track golds at Gupukh’s Pond, a frozen water body beside the Indus.