#KheloIndia day 2 charms: Kerala’s Ancy wins two medals

New Delhi, February 2: To revive the sports culture in the country an initiative, Khelo India has been started so as to attract the youth towards it. It is running successfully and the enthusiasm of all the states is on the peak. Having a look at the medal tally chart Karnataka is on the top with 7 Gold and 3 Bronze.

Following Karnataka, Tamil Nadu has bagged 3 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze. Whereas Haryana has won total 8 medals including 3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze. The state of Maharashtra has bagged 2 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze. Rest of the states like Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Manipur too are performing well and have won an impressive number of medals.

On the Day 2 also Khelo India unfurled its flag of charm and enthusiasm as Tamil Nadu’s C. Praveen hoping to complete a golden double was pipped at the post by Haryana’s Bhupender Singh of Haryana on the second to last jump in long jump while javelin thrower Vikas Yadav of Maharashtra won his gold medal with a best throw of 75.02m on an exciting day’s competition.

 

Praveen joined sprinter-jumper Ancy Sojan and jumper Sandra Babu as a double medallist. While Praveen won gold in triple and silver in long jump, AncySojan won a gold in long jump and silver in 200m in a single day and Sandra won silver medals in long and triple jumps.Long jumper Bhupender produced the two best jumps of the day of 6.99m and 7.04 meters in his last two attempts, while Praveen was left stranded at 6.93m and a silver medal. A day earlier Praveen had won the triple jump.

Following his twin medals, a gold and a silver in the triple jump and long jump, the Class XI student of Balakrishnan Matriculation School, Praveen was very happy with the incentive this competition provides. “The incentive for future training under the Khelo India School Games is excellent. In fact, all the competitors are excited with this,” said Praveen.

Kerala’s 16-year-old Ancy Sojan carrying on in the tradition of the fine jumpers from her state won two medals on the second day. She grabbed the gold in the long jump with a best of 5.80m despite fouling four of her six jumps. She also won a silver in the Girls 200m behind Chanveer Kaur of Punjab, who won in 24.76s, while Ancy clocked 25.31s.

The Girls Javelin was dominated by the Northern states Haryana, Punjab and Delhi as Jyoti of Haryana claimed the gold with a narrow margin as she threw the spear to 40.59 m to Delhi's Auhona Roy's 39.90m with Jashanpreet Kaur managing 37.10m.