Khelo India University Games: Panjab regain champions crown as Guru Nanak Dev fall short despite Fencing sweep on final day

Panjab therefore finished with an overall tally of 69 medals including 26 gold, 17 silver and 26 bronze medals. Guru Nanak amassed 24 gold, 27 silver and 17 bronze medals to finish second.

Khelo India University Games: Panjab regain champions crown | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Lucknow/Noida/Varanasi

Panjab University, Chandigarh (PUC), regained their overall champions crown after a gap of one edition as despite a clean sweep of the Fencing golds, Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar, fell short on the final day of competitions at the 3 ^rd Khelo Indian University Games (KIUG) 2022 Uttar Pradesh (UP). 

PUC therefore finished with an overall tally of 69 medals including 26 gold, 17 silver and 26 bronze medals. GNDU amassed 24 gold, 27 silver and 17 bronze medals to finish second and in the top three for the very first time. Jain University, Karnataka, last time’s champions, were third with 16 gold, 10 silver and six bronze medals.

National Games champion Yash Ghangas was the other star attraction on the final day, thrilling all at the B.B.D. University grounds in Lucknow, to pick up the gold for Chaudhary Bansi Lal University (CBLU) in the Men’s 100+kg category in Judo.

Results of the Day

Fencing (Ekana Sportz City, Lucknow)

Fencing Epee Men Team

Gold – GNDU

Silver – Lovely Professional University

Bronze – University of Jammu & Manipur University

Fencing Foil Women Team

Gold – GNDU

Silver – Manipur University

Bronze – PUC & Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

Fencing Sabre Men Team

Gold – GNDU

Silver – Shivaji University

Bronze – PUC & University of Jammu

Judo (B.B.D University)

78+kg Women- Apoorva Mahesh Patil - gold (Mumbai U), Anmol – silver (Guru Kashi University), Annu – bronze (Baba Mastnath University), Stutii Grover – bronze (University of Delhi)

100+kg Men- Yash Ghangas - gold (CBLU), Yash Bharadwaj - silver (Guru Kashi University), Jitesh Dagar- bronze (Panjab University), Sahil - bronze (MDU, Rohtak)

Yogasana (SAC Hall, IIT-BHU campus, Varanasi)

Men’s Traditional Group

Gold- SPPU-399.5 pts

Silver- RTM Nagpur U- 399.27 pts

Bronze- GJU- 398.91 pts

Weightlifting (G.B University, G.B Nagar)

109+kg Men- Ashwini 299kg (Snatch-137kg+ Clean & Jerk- 162kg) gold (CU), Dilabardeep Singh 293kg (135+158) silver (Sri Guru Granth Sahib World U), Gugulothu Raja Sekhar 286kg (121+165)

87+kg Women- Yashikha 166kg (Snatch-76kg+ Clean & Jerk 90kg) gold (MDU, Rohtak), Priti Pramod Deshmukh 150kg (65+85) silver (Sant Gadge Baba Amravati U)