Maha completes hat-trick
Maharashtra completed a hat-trick of titles when it emerged champions at
Khelo India Youth Games 2025
Bihar in Patna on Thursday.
Having won the team championship in Madhya Pradesh (2023) and Tamil Nadu (2024), the Maharashtra athletes ended on top of the medal tally with 158 medals, with 58 gold, 47 silver and 53 bronze.
Haryana, which was third in the Tamil Nadu edition last year, finished runners-up in Bihar with 39 gold medals while Rajasthan finished on the third spot with 24 yellow metals. Favourites Karnataka could not finish on the podium with its 17 gold medals, one more than Delhi and two more than last year's hosts Tamil Nadu, who finished sixth.
Hosts Bihar showed massive improvement in the seventh edition of the multi-sports extravaganza and accumulated 36 medals with its seven gold medals coming in rugby (2), athletics (2), thang-ta (2) and sepak takraw (1).
Odisha, meanwhile, finished 17th with 5 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Union sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated Bihar on hosting a successful Games in which its athletes showed a 620% jump in performance and ended 15th on the medals table.
"I extend my heartfelt congratulations to the state of Bihar for successfully hosting the Khelo India Youth Games 2025. The impeccable organisation and vibrant energy witnessed throughout the event have truly showcased Bihar's emerging role in India's sporting journey," said Mandaviya.
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The seventh edition of KIYG, which began on May 4, ended on Thursday at Patna's Patliputra Sports Complex.
With the aim of hosting the 2036 Olympics, KIYG has the primary objective of spotting and developing talent who can on the global sporting stage in future. Several athletes have already been spotted by SAI's talent development team.
Out of the 26 records created at KIYG 2025, eight were created by girls with five national youth records in weightlifting — an event where Indian girls have huge potential to win international medals.
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