New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): At the midway mark of the continuing World University Games (August third), India has gained a complete of 23 medals throughout 4 disciplines with the best medal depend coming from capturing which has gained India 14 medals together with eight gold medals. Shooting is intently adopted by seven medals in Archery and one medal every in Judo and Athletics. India had despatched a complete of 256 athletes to compete.
Out of those 23 medals, 14 medals have come from Khelo India Athletes, whereas all medals in Shooting (14) have been gained by Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) Athletes and India’s highest medal depend by a person (4, together with three Gold) coming from TOPS Shooter Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar.
Further, it should even be famous that Khelo India Athlete Archer Aman Saini, has contributed to India profitable 3 medals and staff India’s mixed efficiency has resulted in India being within the Top 5 place within the medals tally for the primary 5 days of the occasion.
Their mixed effort had already ensured India’s best-ever efficiency on the occasion with the earlier greatest being 5 medals within the 2015 University Games.
Since the inception of the World University Games in 1959, India had gained a complete of 18 medals until the 2019 University Games. However, within the 2021 World University Games, India has already achieved a historic whole of 23 medals so far.
A complete of 71 current Khelo India Athletes are collaborating within the video games and signify a variety of sports activities, together with Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Fencing, Judo, Shooting, Swimming, Table tennis, and Volleyball. Some of the most important names are Tulika Maan, Commonwealth Games 2022 silver medalist in Judo, Srihari Nataraj, Tokyo Olympian swimmer in addition to Indian capturing twins Udhayveer and Vijayveer Sidhu.
The Khelo India scheme is a flagship government-funded program that goals to establish and nurture sporting expertise in India. The scheme has been very profitable lately, and the athletes who’ve been chosen for the World University Games are among the greatest younger abilities within the nation.
Srihari has been a participant in each the Khelo India Youth Games and the Khelo India University Games through the years. Manu Bhaker, too, has participated in each the Khelo India age group tournaments.
The World University Games is a significant worldwide sporting platform for the Khelo India athletes to showcase their expertise and fairly just a few athletes collaborating have additionally been rivals on the Khelo India University Games held earlier this yr in Uttar Pradesh.
The younger athletes are competing towards among the greatest younger athletes from around the globe, and want to make their mark within the competitors. (ANI)