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Time of India
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Khushi gives joyous Bihar 2nd gold in athletics
Khushi Yadav 's joy knew no bound as the Bihari girl performed brilliantly in the 2000 metre steeplechase to win gold with a timing of 9:52.10 at Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar at Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on two laps remaining, Yadav overtook the other runners. This was Bihar's second gold in athletics as Alka Singh secured its first gold in shot put earlier. It was a good day in office for Bihar as it made history picking up two gold in Manipuri traditional martial art Thang-Ta, thanks to Priya Prerna and Mahika Kumari. Out of eight available gold, Manipur secured three gold, while Assam bagged two and Madhya Pradesh got one at BIPARD in Gaya. Bihar also won three bronze through Bhumik Raj, Lucky Kumar and Suvakshi Minj (Jharkhand), Sheikh Zeeshan (Uttar Pradesh) and Haryana girls' 4x400m relay team set new meet records on the final day of athletics competition. Maharashtra topped the athletics chart with 10 gold, one silver and two bronze while Haryana won the most medals with 19, including six gold, six silver and seven bronze. Tamil Nadu won six gold, silver and bronze who came fourth in the 400m, made a strong comeback in the 200m event to win gold in 21.54 seconds and set a new meet record. At the same time, Zeeshan made a new record by jumping 15.66 metre in triple jump. Haryana's relay team, including Vansika, Prachi Sharma, Deepika and Tannu, shattered the record with a time of 3:48.44 to win the gold in the 4x400 meter relay. In the boys' 4x400 metre relay, the Bihar team was heading towards gold, but Raj Sinha, running the second leg, fell in the last five meters to get the team disqualified. Tamil Nadu took advantage and won the the girls' relay, the teams of Haryana and Tamil Nadu clocked a better time than the old meet record. Maharashtra, who finished ahead of Tamil Nadu, were disqualified for exchanging the baton outside the baton Jason (Tamil Nadu) got silver after she made a brilliant comeback in the first 800m to overtake Maharashtra's Janhavi Hirudkar in the final few metres to take the gold. She had earlier won the 400m as well and now became a rare runner to win the 400-800m the penultimate day of the fencing competition, Haryana dominated the events at Rajgir's indoor complex on Wednesday, claiming gold in both the men's foil team and the women's saber team events. Haryana also gave strong competition to Maharashtra in the men's Epee team event, ultimately settling for far among nine fencing gold, Haryana have four and Maharashtra two. Tamil Nadu, Chandigarh and Rajasthan have won a gold each.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Tribal girl Dippanshi to represent India at Senior Asian & World Fencing Championships
Raipur: Chhattisgarh's Fencing talents have once again made their mark, with tribal girl Dippanshi Netam , a promising athlete from Bhilai, securing a spot in the national team for the upcoming international fencing events. Deepanshi will represent India at the Senior Asian Fencing Championship from June 17 to 23 Bali, Indonesia in the Foil event followed by Senior World Fencing Championship from July 22 to 30 in Tbilisi, Georgia. Earlier, selection trials took place on April 25 and 26 April at the Indoor Stadium, Haldwani, Uttarakhand. Organised under the aegis of the Fencing Association of India, the trials witnessed fierce competition among the nation's top fencers. Out of the two participants from Chhattisgarh, 19-year-old Dippanshi Netam, daughter of R S Netam from Bhilai, delivered an outstanding performance and secured the second position. Top eight fencers each from across the nation took part in the trials held for Epee, Foil and Sabre events of the Fencing, out of which top four fencers were selected for each event. Dippanshi came second in the Foil event. "I am happy to be selected for the Indian team. This achievement is a moment of pride for the state and reflects Chhattisgarh's growing prowess in fencing," Deepanshi told has several national and international medals to her credit, including a bronze medal at the BRICS event, a gold medal at this years Junior Nationals, and two bronze medals at last years Junior other participant, Divyanshu Netam, elder sister of Dippanshi, competed valiantly. She displayed commendable skill throughout the trials, gaining valuable experience at the national level, but failed to make it to the Indian team after losing the quarter finals. Chhattisgarh Pradesh Fencing Association officials, including association president S Prakash, IAS, congratulated the selected athlete. The selected athlete will now join the national camp to prepare for the international tournaments later this year.
