Edwina jason

Khelo India Youth Games: Saket Minj of Jharkhand, Shekh Zeeshan of Uttar Pradesh and the Haryana girls 4x400m relay squad scripted new meet records on the final day of athletics competitions in the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2025 at the Patliputra Sports Complex here on Wednesday.

Maharashtra finished on top of the heap in athletics competitions with 10 gold, one silver, and two bronze medals. Haryana picked up the most medals, 19, winning six gold, six silver, and seven bronze. Tamil Nadu followed with six gold, six silver, and six bronze medals to its credit.

Fourth in the boys' 400m, Saket Minj claimed the 200m gold in a time of 21.54 seconds, while Shekh Zeeshan’s Triple Jump gold came after he hopped, skipped, and jumped over 15.66m, and the Haryana girls' quartet rewrote the 4x400m meet mark with a time of 3:48.44.