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Mint
10-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Meet Aditi Satish Hegde: A swimming sensation from Nashik, shining bright at Khelo India Youth Games 2025
Aditi Satish Hegde came to the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2025 Bihar determined to showcase improvement from the last year when she won five medals, including two gold. Her hard work paid off and the Maharashtra ace set the BIPARD Swimming Pool in Gaya on fire with a haul of seven medals, including five gold! The Nashik girl's success was not only by way of winning three gold and two bronze in individual events but also in the manner in which she clipped the times from the last edition in each of the five events that he competed in both Chennai and Gaya. The best example of this is the 800m Freestyle, where she won only bronze but cut a whopping 19.42 seconds from last year. Aditi's three individual gold medals in the KIYG 2025 Bihar came in 200m Freestyle (2:09.51), 400m Freestyle (4:32.87) and 100m butterfly (1:04.73) while she picked up bronze in 800m Freestyle (9:28.20) and 1500m Freestyle (18:22.97). She also was part of Maharashtra's teams that won gold in 4x100m Freestyle and 4x100m Medley. The 50m Freestyle, was the only even in which she did not win a medal. The medals did not come by a stroke of luck but were the result of a lot of effort in the lead-up to the event. The National Games competition in Haldwani (Uttarakhand) earlier this year gave an indication how Aditi Satish Hegde was shaping up, winning bronze medals in the 200m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle events and playing a part in Maharashtra's five silver and one bronze medal in the relays. A Khelo India (KI) Athlete, who trains at the KI-accredited Agnel Charities in Navi Mumbai, she is self-admittedly a shy lass when out of the pool and answers questions in mono-syllables, but when she dives into the pool, she expresses herself in a manner born. Her body language is that of a champion, clean, graceful movements backed by a competitive spirit. It's a deadly combination. In her last race of the competition, the gruelling 1500m Freestyle on Friday, Aditi struggled for quite a few laps but encouraged by her mother, Radhika Hegde, from the sidelines, she earned a podium finish. It highlighted her competitive spirit even though she was not at her best. The Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar saw a glittering girl who had started swimming under the guidance of diligent coaches Shankar Madgundi and Vikas Bhadange at the Rajmata Jijau Swimming Pool, Nashik Road. On the evidence of the improvement shown in the past year, there can be no doubt that the best is ahead Aditi Satish Hegde. Remember the name!
The Hindu
09-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Khelo India Youth Games Day 6: Odisha Kho-Kho girls steal spotlight; Aditi Hegde completes seven-medal haul
Odisha's well-planned and well-executed victory over fancied Maharashtra in the Kho-Kho girls final at the BIPARD Sports Complex in Gaya was the talking point of the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar's sixth day on Friday. With its boys team winning silver, Odisha made its appearance on the medal table. The Nashik-based swimmer Aditi Satish Hegde, a Khelo India Athlete, enhanced her collection of medals from five last time to seven now to steal everyone else's thunder. She has raised the bar high with her show in the BIPAR Swimming Pool in Gaya and could well end up being the most successful athlete in the Games. Aditi won a bronze in the 1500m Freestyle on Friday despite not being at her best to add to the five gold, including two in relays and a bronze won over the past few weeks. She had won five medals the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai last year and came to Gaya with a resolve to showcase improvement. ALSO READ | Khelo India Youth Games Day 5: Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir clinch their first gold medals of edition If it was the Jammu and Kashmir boys volleyball team that took the breath away of the sports fans in the Patliputra Sports Complex late on Thursday, it was the turn of the Odisha girls Kho-Kho team to train the spotlight on itself by making light of a deficit at the break to secure a memorable victory. The 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team combine of Rudra Pratap and Divya Shree ensured host Bihar's medal tally increased to 14. The duo showed poise and calm under pressure to beat an Uttar Pradesh pair for a bronze at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Ranges in New Delhi. The KIYG 2025 host had a heartbreak on Friday when Bihar girls lost the sepaktakraw Regu final to Manipur. Bihar now has a gold, five silver and eight bronze medals. With a couple of rugby finals left to be contested on Friday, Bihar can expect to make further progress on the medal tally. Despite that Kho-Kho reverse in the morning, Maharashtra continued its relentless quest to stay on top of the medal table. With a title win for the Kho-Kho boys team and the air rifle shooting mixed team and three athletes on the final day of swimming competition at the BIPARD Complex, its haul rose to 23 gold. The twin gold medals won by Rujula S (50m Freestyle) and the boys 4x100m Freestyle Relay quartet enabled Karnataka to edge ahead of Rajasthan on the charts with 12 gold, 20 silver and six bronze medals at the time of writing. Madhya Pradesh and Haryana complete the top five on the table of honours. On the last day of the swimming competitions which ended in a blaze of glory for Karnataka, Haryana's Arjun Singh not only emerged the fastest swimmer of the meet with a victory in 23.91 seconds but also claimed his second sprint gold. He had won the 50m Backstroke gold earlier in the week. Related Topics Khelo India Youth Games
News18
06-05-2025
- Sport
- News18
Khelo India Youth Games 2025: Harshita Bags Two Golds To Push Rajasthan Top Of Medals Tally
Last Updated: Rajasthan cyclist Harshita Jakhar won two gold medals at the Khelo India Youth Games, sharing the spotlight with Maharashtra swimmer Aditi Satish Hegde. Rajasthan cyclist Harshita Jakhar bagged two gold medals to share the limelight with Maharashtra swimmer Aditi Satish Hegde in the Khelo India Youth Games on Tuesday. Harshita won a gold medal each in the scratch race and time trial (500m), while her cousin Aditya Jakhar emerged victorious in the boys scratch race. Earlier, Mayank Chaudhary bagged a gold in 10m air pistol event. Rajasthan occupied the top spot with six gold and two silver. Karnataka (5 gold, 9 silver and 3 bronze) and Maharashtra (5 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze) were in hot pursuit of Rajasthan. Maharashtra's Aditi Satish Hegde, who won the 800m freestyle gold on Monday, added two more yellow metals to her collection by winning the 400m freestyle (4:32.87s) and 100m butterfly (1:04.73s) events on Tuesday. Telangana enjoyed a good day in the BIPARD swimming pool in Gaya, winning three gold medals through Varshith Dhulipidi (boys 400m individual medley), Suhas Preetham Mylari (boys 100m backstroke) and Sri Nithya Sagi (girls 100m backstroke). Meanwhile, Suhani Kumari did the star turn for Bihar as the host state entered the medal tally with two silver at the velodrome in the Indira Gandhi Indoor Complex in New Delhi. She claimed a silver medal in the scratch race (7.5km), less than half a second behind Harshita. Hailing from Saran district, she then teamed up with fellow Khelo India athlete from Siwan, Amrita Kumari and Shalini Kumari in the team sprint (3 laps) but could not stop the trio from neighbouring Jharkhand — Sabina Kumari, Sanju Kumari and Sindhu Lata Hembrom — from winning gold by a margin of just 1.323 seconds. Harshita was the star attraction of the day. She won the scratch race, a gruelling event raced over 7.5km, clocking 11.50.973s ahead of Suhani Kumari (11.51.558s) and Akanksha Mhetre (Maharashtra, 11.51.649s). Later, she won the time trial (500m), ahead of Akanksha (Maharashtra) and S Thabitha (Tamil Nadu). Gujarat's judo players Divya Makwana (44kg class) and Khusbu Darjada (57kg) secured the first gold medals for the state. Divya Makwana beat Rahi Ghelani in the all-Gujarat final. Chandan Kumar Senma's bronze in the boys 55kg completed a good day for the western state. Harshit's smooth sailing to the boys judo 73kg title helped Haryana heave a sigh of relief as the team finally made it to the list of states with gold medals in KIYG. First Published: May 06, 2025, 21:15 IST
