Maharashtra’s Sanyukta Kale swept all the five gold medals on offer in Rhythmic Gymnastics to emerge as the brightest star in the Khelo India Youth Games on Tuesday, June 7.
Kale’s (16) clean sweep helped Maharashtra (24 gold, 22 silver, 17 bronze) sneak past Haryana (23G, 20S, 29B) at the time of writing. Kale towered over the field, clinching gold medals in all-round, hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon rhythmic events.
“I am very happy with my performance but my main focus is now to make it to the Indian team for the Commonwealth Games and then aim to qualify for the Paris Olympics,” said the Thane resident.
On the other hand, Maharashtra won both the 4×100 relays, the Girls’ 100m, and the Boy’s high jump (Aniket Mane, with a 2.07m leap) to add to their two in wrestling and one in badminton.
Similarly, Maharashtra’s Sudeshna Shivankar dominated the Girls’ 100m event, clocking 11.79 seconds. She then came back to anchor the 4x100m relay team for gold immediately after the boys achieved the same feat.
Likewise, the state’s Darshan Pujari clinched the Badminton Boy’s Singles gold, to lift the spirits in their camp.
Here are Maharashtra’s results for all finals
(G: Gold, S: Silver, B: Bronze)
Athletics
Boys
- 4x100M: G: Maharashtra 42.85
- High Jump: G: Aniket Mane (Maharashtra) 2.07m, S: Aryan Patil (Maharashtra) 2.04m
Girls
- 4x100M: G: Maharashtra 47.27
- 100M: G: Sudeshna Shivankar (Maharashtra) 11.79, S: Avantika Narale (Maharashtra) 12.07
Badminton
Boys
- Singles Final: Darshan Pujari (Maharashtra) bt S Rithviksanjeevi (Tamil Nadu) 21-15, 22-20
Cycling
Boys – Keirin
- 1500m: S: Mangesh Takmoge (Maharashtra)
Girls – Keirin
- 1500m: S: Pooja Danole (Maharashtra)
Kabaddi
- Boys: B: Maharashtra
- Girls: S: Maharashtra
Gymnastics
Girls
- Artistic Gymnastics: S: Eshita Rewale (Maharashtra), B: Riddhi Hattekar (Maharashtra
Weightlifting
Boys
- 73kg: S: Kiran Marathe (Maharashtra) 267
Wrestling
Boys
- GR 71kg: B: Sanket (Maharashtra)
- FS 51kg: G: Narsingh Patil (Maharashtra), S: Rohit Patil (Maharashtra)
- FS 65kg: G: Shubham (Maharashtra)
Girls
- 49kg: B: Ahilya Shinde (Maharashtra)
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