Khelo India University Games Day 5: Aneesh Gowda, Siva Sridhar, in fight for pool supremacy with three golds each

Aneesh Gowda of Christ University (deemed) and Siva Sridhar of Jain University, have gotten involved in a fight for supremacy in the pool, winning three golds each over two days.

Published : May 27, 2023 22:03 IST , Lucknow/Noida/Varanasi/Gorakhpur/Delhi - 2 MINS READ

 Siva Sridhar of Jain University, Bangalore
 Siva Sridhar of Jain University, Bangalore | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
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 Siva Sridhar of Jain University, Bangalore | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Aneesh Gowda of Christ University (deemed) and Siva Sridhar of Jain University, have gotten involved in a fight for supremacy in the pool, winning three golds each over two days at the Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik (SVSP) stadium in Greater Noida, Gautambuddh Nagar. 

What makes the battle more interesting is that both have netted one bronze each as well. That battle, the two gold medals by India international shooters Aishwary Tomar (Guru Nanak Dev University-GNDU) and Mehuli Ghosh (Adamas University) and the gold on the mat by cadet world champion Sagar Jaglan, headlined competition day five of the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP).

Kurukshetra women defend Kabaddi crown

Kurukshetra University defended its women’s Kabaddi title with a 32-30 hard-fought win over H.P. University, Simla. The University of Burdwan and Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University won the bronze medals. The men’s title had a new winner however, with Guru Kashi University Talwandi Sabo getting the better of Chandigarh University 44-35 in the final. The bronze was shared by VELS University, Tamil Nadu and SRM University, Chennai.

SRM, Chitkara win Table Tennis titles

The day also saw the Table Tennis finals take place at the B.B.D. Badminton Academy indoor hall. SRM University, Chennai came out 3-0 winners against Adamas University, Kolkata, in the women’s final whereas the men’s final also had a similar score-line with Chitkara University brushing aside Chandigarh University 3-0.

Sagar Jaglan wins wrestling gold in Varanasi, Gorakhpur sees start of Rowing action

The IIT-BHU indoor hall in Varanasi saw the commencement of the Wrestling competitions and 2021 Cadet World Champion Sagar Jaglan made an instant mark with a gold in the Men’s 79kg Freestyle category for his Kurukshetra University. A total of nine Wrestling gold medals were won today and the golds were equally distributed.

Rowing heats also began at the Ramgaarh Tal in Gorakhpur, with medals likely to be decided on the third and fifth days of competition.

Kurukshetra and Guru Kashi University Talwandi Sabo win Volleyball titles

Kurukshetra University women defended their kabaddi title with a hard-fought 32-30 win against HP University, Simla. The men’s title was won by Guru Kashi University Talwandi Sabo, defeating Chandigarh University 44-35.

Results of Day 5
Volleyball Women (Ekana Sportz City, Lucknow)
Punjabi University, Patiala beat Panjab University, Chandigarh - 3 - 1 ( 25 - 21, 16 - 25, 25 - 17, 25 - 10)
Adamas University, Kolkata beat SRM University, Chennai- 3 - 1 (13 - 25, 25 - 17, 25 - 16, 25 - 17)
SRM University df Panjab University, Chandigarh 3 - 0 (25 - 21, 25 - 17, 25 – 18)  bronze
Punjabi University df Adamas University 3-2 (21 - 25, 25 - 22, 25 - 22, 25 - 14, 15 - 7)
Volleyball Men (Ekana Sportz City, Lucknow)
Mangalore University df SRM University - 3 - 1 (25 - 20, 14 - 25, 25 - 17, 30 - 28) (semi-final 1)
Kurukshetra University df University of Madras 3 - 0 (25 - 19, 25 - 19, 25 - 21) (semi-final 2)
SRM University, Chennai df University of Madras - 3 - 1 (25 - 23, 25 - 22, 19 - 25, 25 - 22)  bronze
Kurukshetra University df Mangalore University – 3 – 0 (25 - 18, 25 - 22, 25 - 23) Gold
Table Tennis Men (B.B.D. Badminton Academy, Lucknow)
Chitkara U df Chandigarh U 3-0  gold
Yashansh Malik bt Divyansh Srivastava - 11-4,11-7,2-11,11-6, Jeet Chandra bet Jash Modi - 3-11,10-12,11-9,11-7,11-8, Wesley Do Rosario bt Khelendrajit Yengkhom - 11-8,11-2,11-
6 Table Tennis Women (B.B.D. Badminton Academy, Lucknow)
SRM U , Chennai df Adamas U 3-0  gold
Kowshika df Dipanwita Basu 11-7, 11-9, 12-10, Kavyasree Baskar df Munmum Kundu 11-8,12-10,11-7, Gladlyn Flora df Shreya Ghosh 8-11,11-5,11-8,4-11,11-5
Basketball Men (GB University, Greater Noida)
Jain U df Swarnim Gujarat U 79-64  gold
Basketball Women (GB University, Greater Noida)
University of Madras df Lovely Professional U 83-64  gold
Football Men
Guru Nanak Dev U, Amritsar df Punjabi U, Patiala 1-0 (Abhishek 9’)
Kannur University beat University of Kota – 6 - 1
Football Women (Ekana Sportz City, Lucknow)
Sambalpur University, Odisha df VELS University, Tamil Nadu - 3 – 1
Annamalai University, Chidambaram df GNDU Amritsar - 2 -0
Hockey Men
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi df Bengaluru City University - 3 - 1
Punjabi University, Patiala df Savitribai Phule Pune University - 7 - 1
GNDU, Amritsar df Lovely Professional University - 4 - 0
Sambalpur University, Odisha drew Purvanchal University - 1 – 1
Kabaddi Women (SVSP stadium, Greater Noida)
Kurukshetra U df H.P. U, Simla 32-30 (final)
Kabaddi Men (SVSP stadium, Greater Noida)
Guru Kashi U  Talwandi Sabo df Chandigarh U 44-35  gold
Bronze- VELS U, Tamil Nadu & SRM U, Chennai
Mallakhamb Women (B.B.D. University, Lucknow)
Bundelkhand U (Rope+Pole) 76.15
Shivaji U (Rope+Pole) 73.70
Mangalore U (Rope+Pole) 70.60
Gold - University of Mumbai
Silver - Savitribai Phule Pune University
Bronze - Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
Mallakhamb Men (B.B.D. University, Lucknow)
Gold - Vikram University, Ujjain
Silver - University of Mumbai
Bronze - Bundelkhand University, Jhansi
Swimming (SVSP stadium, Gautam Buddh Nagar)
4*100m Free Men- Anna U 3.38.93 (1st), Jain U 3.40.32 (2nd), U of Delhi Institution of Eminence 3.40.94 (3rd)
200m Fly Men- Aneesh Gowda 2.05.87 (1st) Christ deemed U, Aryan Panchal 2.06.12 (2nd) Gujarat U, Shubhrant Patra 2.08.41 (3rd) Jain U
400m Medley Women- Firdous Kayamkhani 5.18.85 (1st) Kota U, Shrungi Bandekar 5.20.43 (2nd) Jain U, Kalyani Saxena 5.27.86 (3rd) Sarvajanik U
1500m Free Men- Aneesh Gowda 16.16.94 (1st) Christ deemed U, Anurag Singh 16.22.24 (2nd) U of Delhi Institutiton of Eminence, DHyan Balakrishna 16.46.88 (3rd)
200m Back Men- Siva Sridhar 2.06.91 (1st) Jain U, Siddhant Sejwal 2.12.20 (2nd) Panjab U, Aaryan Bhosale 2.13.95 (3rd) Mumbai U
50m Breast Men- Danush Suresh 29.42 (1st) Saveetha Institute of Medical & Technical Sciences, Benedicton Rohit 29.64 (2nd) Anna U, Dishant Mehta 29.74 (3rd) Veer Namad South Gujarat U
200m Back Women- Shrungi Bandekar 2.27.65 (1st) Jain U, Pratyasa Ray 2.38.75 (2nd) Utkal U, Antara Datta 2.41.56 (3rd) Calcutta u
50m Fly Men- Rohit Benedicton 24.99 (1st) Anna U, Pratham Sharma 25.51 (2nd) Delhi Institute of Eminence, Siva Sridhar 25.68 (3rd) Jain U
50m Breast Women- Chahat Arora 34.15 (1st) Panjab U, Aarti Patil 35.75 (2nd) Mumbai U, Jyoti Patil 36.31 (3rd) Mumbai U
Women 50 M Butterfly- Shristi Upadhayaya 29.42 (1st) Jadavpur U, Uttara Gogoi 29.62 (2nd)University of Delhi, Priyanga Pugazharasu 31.46 (bronze) University of Madras
Wrestling
Freestyle Men 79kg- Sagar Jaglan (gold) Kurukshetra U, Chander M (silver) CDLU, Anuj Tomar (bronze) CCSU
Greco Roman 82kg- Ankit Singh (gold) CRSU df Sunder Singh (silver) Guru Kashi U 8-0, Mo Luckman Ali (bronze) JMIU
Greco Roman 77kg- Karan (gold) Lovely Professional U, Abhimanu (silver) Panjab U, Akash (bronze) NIILMU
Women’s 55kg- Ishika (gold) Panjab U, Aarti (silver) Guru Nanak Dev U, Nishu (bronze) NISHU
Women’s 50kg- Neha Chaughale (gold) Shivaji U df Manisha (silver) Guru Nanak Dev U 4-1. Sandhya (bronze) MDU
Greco Roman 67kg- Kashinath Bilagi (gold) DGU, Vijay Shankar Yadav (silver) VBSPU, Parveen (bronze) Laxmibai National Institute of Physical Education
Greco Roman 60kg- Dinesh (gold) CRSU, Mohit Narwal (silver) Guru Nanak Dev U, Harsh Rana (bronze) Kurukshetra U.
Freestyle Men 57kg- Sumit (gold) IGU, Sagar Sharma (silver) Guru Kashi U, Satish (bronze) CBLU
Freestyle Men 97kg- Sahil (gold) GKU, Abhishek Khokhar (silver) CCSU, Anil (bronze) OPJSU
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