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United News of India
15-05-2025
- Sport
- United News of India
How Aditya Pisal scripted dream finish to overcome sprinters' nightmare at Khelo India
Patna, May 15 (UNI) It was a dream for budding sprinter Aditya Pisal to win the gold medal in the Khelo India Youth Games, especially after facing a painful disqualification two months back. By bagging two yellow metal pieces Pisal was able to overcome the nightmares he faced since March 10. Pisal achieved the two top podium finishes on Tuesday in boys 100m (10.62 seconds) and as part of the Maharashtra boys 4X100 m relay team where he ran the third leg on the curve to help the quartet to gold in 4155 seconds. 'I trained with the goal of winning the Khleo India Youth Games 100 m gold. I had to recalibrate after being disqualified for an early start when I competed on this track a couple of months ago. I was in better form then and heartbroken,' 16-year-old Pisal told media persons while recalling the March 10 disqualification. 'When I lined up at the start of the 100m final on Tuesday, I had to overcome my fears about making another false start in the first event after the disqualification in the AFI National Youth Championships,' he said. 'March 10 was a black day for me,' Pisal said, replaying the unhappy sequence of events in his mind. "Though, I won the 200 m bronze a couple of days later, the early start in the 100m hurt for a long time. My coach and I were extremely disappointed with that disqualification, but I had to overcome that bitter, but learning, experience.' \\\\Son of a home maker mother and Public Works Department Head Clerk, Pisal trains with coach Shrinivas Gupta, a World Athletics Level 2 certified coach, at the Father Agnel Gymkhana in Vashi, Navi Mumbai. He chose athletics over football in which he represented Maharashtra in the national sub-junior championships, but said it was a natural decision. 'I always loved running fast. When a teacher saw me run on the Football pitch, he suggested that I try my hand with athletics. I liked it when I attempted sprinting and knew that this is what I wanted to do – run as fast as I can and faster than everyone else. I also how Usain Bolt and other sprinters were respected. I wanted to create my own identity as a sprinter,' he said. Pisal is aware that sprinting is less followed in India compared to other track events like 400m in which the relay teams have enjoyed the spotlight and the middle- and long-distance races. 'I want to change that. I want to compete for India at the world stage and I also want to run sub-10-second races, 9.9 and 9.8,' Pisal said, indicating that he would not shift to the longer races. UNI KKS SSP
News18
13-05-2025
- Sport
- News18
KIYG 2025: UP's Kadir Khan Breaks 400m Record; Tushar Chaudhary Sets Snatch Record
Last Updated: Kadir Khan broke the 400m record twice at Khelo India Youth Games 2025. Aditya Pisal set a new 100m record. Tushar Chaudhary excelled in weightlifting. Uttar Pradesh's Kadir Khan broke the 400m meet record twice inside 24 hours as Khelo India Youth Games 2025 saw another spate of good performances at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Tuesday. Aditya Pisal became the fastest boy in the Games with a record performance as Maharashtra continued to lead the medal tally. In his maiden Khelo India Youth Games, Kadir Khan broke the 400m Games record on Monday and improved his 47.67 seconds in the final. He clocked 47.34 seconds to relegate Bihar's Piyush Raj (47.43) to the silver. Karnataka's Sayed Sabeer (47.50 sec) won the bronze. Both Raj and Sabeer improved on the previous meet record. Speaking to SAI Media, Khan said, 'I did not expect that I would be able to run so well. This was my first Khelo India Youth Games. Now my effort will be to improve my record in the next edition of Khelo India Youth Games. I am happy that I was able to achieve my personal best in Patna." On another sweltering day, Pisal clocked a record 10.62 seconds to erase the previous meet record of 10.63 seconds set by Sadanand Kumar in Panchkula in 2022. Bihar finished with a second silver when Prince Kumar (10.64 sec) finished behind Pisal in a thrilling finish. Pisal's statemate Rudra Sachin Shini (10.78) won bronze. Bihar won a third medal, a bronze, when Vijay Kumar clocked 3:57.12 in the boys' 1500 metres. The gold went to UP's Bablu Kumar, who timed 3:56.36 seconds. Like the first three days in the weightlifting competition in Rajgir, Day 4 on Tuesday also saw records. Uttar Pradesh lifter Tushar Chaudhary's performance was the highlight of the day as he broke both the clean & jerk and total lift records held by Goldi Khan of Himachal Pradesh set at Indian Weightlifting Federation's National Championships in Nagercoil in January 2023. With stiff competition from Tamil Nadu's R Kishore, who improved the snatch record twice and the overall lift record once, Chaudhary was unperturbed and produced a superlative performance to put his rival in shade and claim the gold. Chaudhary lifted 126kg in snatch and 163 in clean & jerk, a 10kg improvement in the discipline, and 7kg more than Goldi Khan's overall total. In hockey at Rajgir, Odisha defeated Jharkhand 3-1 in a shootout to win the girls' gold. Regulation time ended 1-1. Madhya Pradesh won the bronze. In the men's final, Haryana beat Uttar Pradesh 1-0 to win the boys' gold. Punjab won the bronze. Rajasthan were one of the biggest movers on the medal standings on Tuesday, mainly due to their cyclists. Rajasthan cyclists won five of the six medals on offer in the 30km boys and 20km girls Time Trials on the picturesque Marine Drive along River Ganga in Patna. Ramavatar Chhimpa, a sweetmeat shop owner's son from Nokha in Bikaner district who trains in the National Centre of Excellence Patiala, and Manju Choudhary, a farmer's daughter who moved from Barmer to Bikaner to pursue cycling, emerged winners of the boys and girls' gold medals, respectively. The medal rounds in wrestling started in Patna and in Bhagalpur, the badminton competition ended with Uttarakhand's Anish Negi beating teammate Nishcal Chandan 21-10, 17-21 and 21-16 for the boys' singles gold. The girls' singles gold went to Tanoo Chandra of Chhattisgarh. Tanoo defeated Rishika Nandi of Delhi 21-17, 21-9. The boys' doubles gold went to Charan Ram Tippanna and Hari Krishan of Andhra Pradesh while the girls' doubles title went to Gayatri Rawat and Mansa Rawat of Uttarakhand. Haryana dominated the wrestling competitions in both U-17 boys and girls' categories winning four of the seven gold medals on offer on the day, with giant slayer Naina successfully defending her 49 kg Khelo India Youth Games crown, before her compatriots Rovind (65 kg Greco Roman), Harsh (51 kg) and Arjun Ruhil (92 kg) took home the yellow metal. Among others, Uttar Pradesh's Shilpi and Aditya Gupta took home the gold medals in the girls' 61kg and boys' 55 kg GR categories, respectively. Maharashtra's Param Laxman emerged champion in the boys' 80 kg GR category. First Published: May 13, 2025, 23:27 IST
The Hindu
13-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Khelo India Youth Games Day 10: Uttar Pradesh's Kadir, Tushar break records
Uttar Pradesh's Kadir Khan broke the 400m meet record twice inside 24 hours on Day 10 of Khelo India Youth Games 2025 at the Patliputra Sports Complex in Patna on Tuesday. Aditya Pisal became the fastest boy in the Games with a record performance as Maharashtra continued to lead the medal tally. In his maiden KIYG, Kadir broke the 400m Games record on Monday and improved his 47.67 seconds in the final. He clocked 47.34 seconds to relegate Bihar's Piyush Raj (47.43) to the silver. Karnataka's Sayed Sabeer (47.50 sec) won the bronze. Both Raj and Sabeer improved on the previous meet record. Speaking to SAI Media, Khan said, 'I did not expect that I would be able to run so well. This was my first Khelo India Youth Games. Now my effort will be to improve my record in the next edition of Khelo India Youth Games. I am happy that I was able to achieve my personal best in Patna.' Pisal clocked a record 10.62 seconds to erase the previous meet record of 10.63 seconds set by Sadanand Kumar in Panchkula in 2022. Bihar finished with a second silver when Prince Kumar (10.64 sec) finished behind Pisal in a thrilling finish. Pisal's statemate Rudra Sachin Shini (10.78) won bronze. Bihar won a third medal, a bronze, when Vijay Kumar clocked 3:57.12 in the boys' 1500 metres. The gold went to UP's Bablu Kumar, who timed 3:56.36 seconds. Bihar ended the evening with a silver in 4x100m boys' relay. ALSO READ | Khelo India Youth Games Day 9: Maharashtra's Sairaj breaks weightlifting record; Athletics sees flurry of meet records Records continued to tumble in weightlifting as Uttar Pradesh lifter Tushar Chaudhary's performance was the highlight of the day as he broke both the Clean & Jerk and total lift records held by Goldi Khan of Himachal Pradesh set at Indian Weightlifting Federation's National Championships in Nagercoil in January 2023. With stiff competition from Tamil Nadu's R Kishore, who improved the Snatch record twice and the overall lift record once, Tushar was unperturbed and produced a superlative performance to put his rival in shade and claim the gold. Chaudhary lifted 126kg in Snatch and 163kg in Clean & Jerk, a 10kg improvement in the discipline, and 7kg more than Goldi's overall total. In hockey at Rajgir, Odisha defeated Jharkhand 3-1 in a shootout to win the girls' gold. Madhya Pradesh won the bronze. In the men's final, Haryana beat Uttar Pradesh 1-0 to win the boys' gold. Punjab won the bronze. Rajasthan was one of the biggest movers on the medal standings on Tuesday, mainly due to its cyclists. They won five of the six medals on offer in the 30km boys and 20km girls Time Trials on the picturesque Marine Drive along River Ganga in Patna. Ramavatar Chhimpa, a sweetmeat shop owner's son from Nokha in Bikaner district who trains in the National Centre of Excellence Patiala, and Manju Choudhary, a farmer's daughter who moved from Barmer to Bikaner to pursue cycling, emerged winners of the boys and girls' gold medals, respectively. The medal rounds in wrestling started in Patna and in Bhagalpur, the badminton competition ended with Uttarakhand's Anish Negi beating teammate Nishcal Chandan 21-10, 17-21, 21-16 for the boys' singles gold. The girls' singles gold went to Tanoo Chandra of Chhattisgarh. Tanoo defeated Rishika Nandi of Delhi 21-17, 21-9. The boys' doubles gold went to Charan Ram Tippanna and Hari Krishan of Andhra Pradesh while the girls' doubles title went to Gayatri Rawat and Mansa Rawat of Uttarakhand. Haryana dominated the wrestling competitions in both U-17 boys and girls' categories winning four of the seven gold medals on offer on the day, with giant slayer Naina successfully defending her 49 kg Khelo India Youth Games crown, before Rovind (65 kg Greco Roman), Harsh (51 kg) and Arjun Ruhil (92 kg) took home the yellow metal. Among others, Uttar Pradesh's Shilpi and Aditya Gupta took home the gold medals in the girls' 61kg and boys' 55 kg GR categories, respectively. Maharashtra's Param Laxman emerged champion in the boys' 80 kg GR category. Related Topics Khelo India Youth Games
