Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], June 7 (ANI): Former Miss Gujarat Super Model winner Heena Rajgor led India’s gold medal rush on the penultimate day of the inaugural World Yogasana Championships on the EKA Arena right here on Sunday because the hosts prolonged their lead on the prime.
At the time of writing, India stood on the prime of the medals tally with a complete of fifty medals, together with 40 gold, eight silver and two bronze. Japan added two gold to go as much as three and 10 general. They are second on the desk whereas Singapore are third with six medals, together with a few gold, in keeping with a launch.
The inaugural World Championships is a landmark occasion that marks a defining second within the evolution of Yogasana, remodeling an historical Indian follow right into a globally aggressive sporting self-discipline whereas strengthening its pathway in direction of recognition throughout the Olympic motion.
The World Yogasana Championship 2026 is supported by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Ministry of Ayush, Sports Authority of India (SAI), Sports Authority of Gujarat, Gujarat Tourism and Gujarat Yogasana Sports Association – establishing Yogasana as a world sporting self-discipline and paving the way in which in direction of Olympic recognition.
Rajgor, who hails from Bhuj in Gujarat and is at present pursuing a PhD in Yoga, dominated the Forward Bend competitors in Senior B Female class to clinch the gold medal with 43.50 factors. Oman’s Preeti Jaimani gained the silver with 38.15 factors whereas Svetlana Lukashova of Russia and Maya Al Alostath of Jordan shared the bronze.
‘It is at all times particular to win a gold medal on my residence turf. When I took up Yogasana competitively after Covid, I had struggled to carry out in competitions. But then I labored on my psychological focus and the outcomes are positively coming,’ mentioned Heena, who additionally has a profitable modelling profession.
While the Indian expectedly dominated the gold medal race, Japan added two gold medals whereas Russia and Uzbekistan grabbed a gold every. Hisashi Watanabe (Supine Individual Senior B Male) and Tomoka Shimizu (Leg Balance Individual Senior C Female) bagged the gold medals for Japan whereas Svetlana Lukashova gained the senior B feminine class in Supine Individual for Russia. Kamolatdin Rakhmanov clinched Uzbekistan’s first gold medal of the Championships in Leg Balance Individual Senior C Male class
Results:
Artistic Single
Sub Junior Male: Gold — Rohan Tayade (India) 110.13, Silver — Prayaas Chauhan (Nepal) 43.39, Bronze — Yaatheesh Krishanthan (Sri Lanka) 24.35
Junior Male: Gold — Tripti Dongare (India) 112.63, Silver — Stoian Andreea (Romania) 65.54, Bronze — Kimani Blake (USA) 57.26s
Senior Female: Gold — Rudrakshi Bhave (India) 114.25, Silver — Lam Nga Man (Hong Kong) 80.83, Bronze — Chandani Pariyar (Nepal) 74.98
Senior Male: Gold — Arjun Parmar (India) 99.50, Silver — Batromeo Makumbi (Tanzania), Alan (Uzbekistan) 80.13, Bronze — Osward Lifumbe (Zimbabwe), Veron Owino (Kenya) 67.09
Junior Male: Gold — Ritika Bishnoi (India) 112.88, Silver — Sandesh Dhital (Nepal) 64.74, Bronze — Lathurshan Krishnakumar (Sri Lanka) 52.23
Supine Individual
Senior A Female: Gold — Nisha Chawda (India) 38.92, Silver — Nabila Barraza (Argentina) 36.15, Bronze — Gwen Ong Cui Faan (Singapore), Sona Soghoyan (Armenia) 34.99
Senior A Male: Gold — Vikash Lather (India) 39.59, Silver — Karima Swafi (Tanzania) 37.92, Bronze — Shakirov Dmitrievich (Uzbekistan) 36.44
Senior B Female: Gold — Svetlana Lukashova (Russia), 38.62, Silver — Amita Kumari (India) 37.46, Bronze — Srijana Sreshta (Nepal) 36.88
Senior B Male: Gold — Hisashi Watanabe (Japan) 41.79, Silver — Rohit Chavan (India) 41.78, Bronze — Danil Rykov (Kyrgyzstan) 38.82, Moataz Hindawi (Egypt) 38.82
Traditional Yogasana
Sub Junior Female: Gold — Devanshi Garg (India) 62.58, Silver — Suharika Karki (Nepal) 61.00, Bronze — Aahana Goswami (Oman) 60.92
Forward Bend
Senior B Female: Gold — Heena Rajgor (India) 43.50, Silver — Preeti Jaimani (Oman) 38.15, Bronze — Svetlana Lukashova (Russia), Maya Al Alostath (Jordan) 36.96
Leg Balance Individual
Senior C Female: Gold — Tomako Shimizu (Japan) 31.84, Silver — Doma Chanda (Mauritius) 30.47, Bronze — Sudha (India) 30.30
Senior C Male: Gold — Kamolatdin Rakhmanov (Uzbekistan) 37.33, Silver — Sathish Kumar Gujarati (India) 36.35, Bronze — Takuro Sato (Japan) 29.35. (ANI)