KIYG 2023: Weightlifter Keerthana creates new National Youth records; Maharashtra reaches half-century of gold medals

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 30 : Tamil Nadu weightlifter RP Keerthana broke the National Youth record in Snatch, Clean & Jerk and overall to clinch the gold in girls 81kg category while table-toppers Maharashtra touched the half-century of gold medals in the 6th Khelo India Youth Games 2023 here on Tuesday.
Keerthana lifted a total of 188 kgs, including 85kg in snatch and 106kg in Clean & Jerk to finish ahead of state-mate Oviya K (184kg) with Uttar Pradesh's Santushti Choudhary taking home the bronze with a total lift of 162kg.
The earlier record in Snatch (81kg), Clean & Jerk (104kg) and overall (185kg) were held by Ch. Srilakshmi of Andhra Pradesh.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra added six gold medals to their tally in the morning session, bagging three in archery, two in Kho-kho and the girls' doubles title in badminton.
World champion and 2022 Asian Games bronze medallist Aditi Gopichand Swami led the Maharashtra charge at the archery venue in Nehru Park, winning the compound girls and mixed team gold medals while Pruthviraj Ghadge and Sharvani Shende won the recurve mixed team final.
Shende also won the silver medal in the girls' recurve category while Tejal Salve won the silver medal in the compound girls and Mihir Apar took home the bronze from the boy's compound event.
In Madurai, Maharashtra Kho-kho team lived up to their favourite tag to clinch both the gold medals. The boys defeated Delhi 40-10 while the girls got the better of Odisha 33-24.
Taarini Suri and Shravani Walekar then took Maharashtra to 50 gold medals when they defeated Odisha's Pragati Parida and Vishakha Toppo 21-13, 20-22, 21-16 in the girls doubles final at the TNPESU badminton hall.
In shooting, Telangana's Yuvek Battula and Venkat Lakku bagged the mixed team gold with Madhya Pradesh's Vanshika Tiwari and Udyaman Rathore bagging the silver and Punjab's Zorawar Bedi and Risham Guron taking home the bronze.
Archery:
Girls:
Recurve: Gold - Avani (Har); Silver - Sharvari Shende (Mah); Bronze - Jannat (Har)
Compound: Gold - Aditi Gopichand Swami (Mah); Silver - Tejal Salve (Mah); Bronze - Kumud Saini (Del)
Boys:
Recurve: Gold - Shubham Kumar (Bih); Silver - Laishram Nelson (Man); Bronze - Atharva Sharma (Raj)
Compound: Gold - Sukhmandeep Singh (Pun); Silver - Harsh Kumar (Chd); Bronze - Mihir Apar (Mah)
Mixed team recurve: Gold - Pruthviraj Ghadge/Sharvari Shende (Mah); Silver - Agastay Singh/Avani (Har), Bronze - Atharva Sharma/Pranjal Tholiya (Raj)
Mixed team compound: Gold - Manav Jadhao/Aditi Swami (Mah); Silver - Pendyala Trinath Chowdary/Kengam Saranya (AP); Bronze - Aryan Yadav/Kumud Saini (Del)
Badminton:
Girls:
Singles: Gold medal match - T Surya Charishma (AP) bt Aesha Gandhi (Guj) 21-14, 21-14
Bronze - Rujula Ramu
Doubles: Gold medal match - Taarini Suri/Shravani Walekar (Mah) bt Pragati Parida/Vishakha Toppo (Odi) 21-13, 20-22, 21-16; Bronze - Gayatri Rawat/Mansa Rawat (Utr)
Boys:
Singles: Gold medal match - Laksh Chengappa MA (Kar) bt Ansh Negi (Utr) 21-17, 21-13;
Bronze - R Mithesh (TN)
Doubles:
Gold medal match - GP Vinayakram/Swastik M (TN) bt Bhavya Chabra/Param Choudhary (Del) 21-18, 21-18; Bronze - Bhargav Ram Arigala/Viswa Tej Gobburu (AP)
Kho-Kho:
Girls: Gold medal match -Maharashtra bt Odisha 33-24; Bronze - Gujarat, Delhi
Boys: Gold medal match - Maharashtra bt Delhi - 40-10; Bronze - Gujarat, Karnataka
Shooting:
Mixed team: Gold - Yuvek Battula/Venkat Lakku (Tel) 39+8; Silver - Vanshika Tiwari/Udyaman Rathore (MP) 39+6; Bronze - Zorawar Bedi/Risham Guron (Pun)
Tennis:
Girls doubles:
Gold medal match - Maaya Rajeshwari/Lakshmi Prabha (TN) bt Suhitha Maruri/Sreenidhi Balaji (Kar) 6-2, 6-1;
Bronze: Ruma Gaikawari/Asmi Adkar (Mah), Sonal Patil/Aishwarya Dayanand (Mah)
Weightlifting:
Girls:
81kg: Gold - R P Keerthana (TN) 188kg; Silver - Oviya K (TN) 184kg; Bronze - Santushti Choudhary (UP) 162kg.
81+kg: Gold - Amritha P Suni (Ker) 181kg; Silver - Aditi (UP) 173kg; Bronze - Y Chaitna Kumari (AP) 169kg.
Boys:
102+kg: Gold - Suvansh Thakur (HP) 280kg; Silver - David Zohmingmawla (Miz) 266kg; Bronze - Sarth Jadhav (Mah) 264.