Tanya choudhary

Kaviyatri Bahinabai North Maharashtra University: Chandigarh University’s Tanya Choudhary broke her own meet and All India University (AIU) record to clinch the women’s hammer throw gold medal while Jain University’s Keerthana and Shivaji University’s Rushiprasad Desai were crowned the fastest women and men athletes in the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Monday.

The fifth edition of KIUG 2025 is being held across seven cities in Rajasthan. A whopping 4448 athletes from 222 Universities are competing in 23 medal disciplines. The Games are being held under the aegis of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in collaboration with the Rajasthan State Sports Council and are being hosted by Poornima University.

Hangzhou Asian Games participant Tanya Choudhary hurled the hammer to 64.29m, improving her own All India University record to complete a hat-trick of KIUG medals. Tanya also held the earlier KIUG meet record of 60.61m. Haqikat Kaur Grewa of Panjab University took the silver with an effort of 51.90m, while Punjabi University’s Aman Deep Kaur’s throw of 45.06m was enough for her to take the bronze.