Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 23 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh continued their good kind from Friday to complete on prime of the medal tally within the first Khelo India Water Sports Festival that concluded on the Dal Lake right here on Saturday. Odisha and Kerala completed within the prime three largely as a result of contribution of athletes who practice on the Sports Authority of India centres in Jatpur and Alappuzha.
Madhya Pradesh, which received all 4 kayaking and canoeing gold medals at stake on Day 2, added six extra gold medals on the ultimate day on Saturday to win the staff championship with a good-looking tally of 18 medals. This included three silvers and 5 bronze medals. Twenty-four gold medals have been at stake in your entire Water Games. Fourteen have been in kayaking and canoeing, and 10 have been in rowing, as per a press launch from Khelo India.
Odisha and Kerala profited from SAI coaching centres in Jagatpur and Alappuzha. Twenty-one Khelo India Athletes, all from rowing, took half within the Khelo India Water Sports Festival. They received two gold medals, two silver medals, and as many bronze medals within the 10 rowing occasions.
The efficiency of kayakers and canoeists who practice on the 5 SAI centres throughout India excelled as effectively. Forty-seven SAI athletes received 5 golds, seven silvers and three bronze medals. Jagatpur, which had 15 athletes and plenty of from Manipur at KIWSF 2025, was the very best with three golds and 5 silvers. Odisha’s Rasmita Sahoo was a standout athlete with two gold medals. Dally Bishnoi of MP was one other.
Jammu and Kashmir did effectively as hosts. Mohsin Ali received the primary gold medal of the Games within the 1000-metre males’s Kayaking occasion. It was a profession spotlight for the teenager. Two extra kids, Sajad Hussain and Muhammad Hussain, who practice below SAI coach Zulfkar Ali Bhat on the Nehru Park centre at Dal Lake, added a medal every. J&Ok completed seventh with a gold, a silver and a bronze, the Khelo India press launch added.
There was plenty of give attention to Shikha Chauhan, Reena Sen and Pallavi Jagtab. Fresh from the historic silver medal on the Asian Canoe Slalom Championship in Guizhou, China, all three completed among the many medals on the ultimate day. Shikha received the kayaking singles slalom gold, and Pallavi completed No. 1 within the canoeing singles, the place Reena (Uttarakhand) completed third. Shikha and Pallavi practice within the state water sports activities facility within the Lower Lake in Bhopal.
The rising expertise in water sports activities was observed on the Khelo India Water Sports Festival. There have been some upsets, too. Tokyo Olympian and Army rower Arjun Lal Jat, representing Delhi, was relegated to silver by Odisha’s Aviraj within the males’s single scull over a distance of 1000 metres. Aviraj (03.37.54 seconds) received a decent race towards Jat (03.28.68 seconds). Shweta Brahmachari of West Bengal received the ladies’s model of the race, clocking 04.00.86 seconds.
Results (All finals):
Canoeing & Kayaking:
K1 Slalom (males):
1. Hitesh Kewat (Madhya Pradesh) 01.13.07 sec
2. Aanak Chouhan (Gujarat) 01.14.57 sec
3. Vikash Rana (Meghalaya) 01: 17.52 sec
C1 Slalom (ladies):
1. Pallavi Jagtab (MP) 01.36.30 sec
2. Manasvi Raikwar (Maharashtra) 01.37.44 sec
3. Reena Sen (Uttarakhand) 01.39.59 sec.
C1 Slalom (males):
1. Dhruv Raj Dholpuria (MP) 01.27.05 sec
2. Vishal Verma (Uttarakhand) 01.27.62 sec
3. Nagidi Rajesh (Andhra Pradesh) 01.31.54 sec.
K1 Kayak slalom (ladies):
1. Shikha Chauhan (MP) 01.23.60 sec
2. Nagidi Gayathri (Andhra Pradesh) 01.24.98 sec
3. Elizabeth Vincent (Meghalaya) 01.28.95 sec.
K4 500m dash (males):
1. Balamurali MJ, Aswinkesh VS, Alan Reji and Adarsh P Anil Kumar (Kerala) 01.29.38 sec
2. Harshvardhan Singh Shaktawat, Vishal Dangi, Yashu Vishwakarma and Nishant Rana (Uttarakhand) 01.29.94 sec
3. Ningthoujam Ngangba Singh, Lanthoiba Potshangbam, Konjengbam Nelson Singh and Laiphrakpam Sanatomba Singh (Manipur) 01.32.69 sec.
C2 500m dash (ladies):
1. Rasmita Sahoo and Achoibam Sanatombi Devi (Odisha) 02.11.02 sec
2. Pragati Sharma and Dipika Dimar (MP) 02.13.07 sec
3. Salam Chaoba Devi and Ramkanya Dangi (Uttarakhand) 02.14.96 sec
K4 500m dash (ladies):
1. Bidya Devi Oinam, Shruti Tanaji Chougule, Leichonbam Sonia Devi, Konsam Yaiphatombi Devi (Odisha) 01.50.89 sec
2. Swati Sahu, Ashly MK, Karishma Suresh, Pukhrambamroji Devi (Uttarakhand) 01.51.58 sec
3. Dally Bishnoi, Neelu Verma, Rukmani Dangi, Manvi Jat (MP) 01.52.38 sec.
Rowing:
Coxless Fours (ladies, 1000m):
1. Angel Mariya Raju, Vismaya Vipin, Trisna Anil Kumar, Meenakshy VS (Kerala) 03.31.50 sec
2. S. Tamil Selvi, Rose Mastica Meril, Rohini Priya, R Bagavathy (Tamil Nadu) 03.33.00 sec
3. Sonali Swain, Anushka Patel, Sonalika Das and Arunprit Kaur (Odisha) 03:33.77 sec
Coxless Fours (males, 1000m):
1. Bhopal Singh, Bhupandar, Kapil, Nitin (Delhi) 02.55.66 sec
2. Shme, Rohit, Sachin, Mohit Kumar (Haryana) 02:58.10 secs
3. Banti Sendhav, Harsh Tomar, Akshay Yadav, Dheeraj Verma (MP) 02:59.49 sec.
Coxless pair (males, 1000m):
1. Vipul Satish Ghurde and Jasmail Singh (Maharashtra) 03:12.13 secs
2. Harshpratap Singh Jat and Devraj Singh (MP) 03: 15.04 sec
3. Navdeep and Hardeep Singh (Telangana) 03:20.26 sec
Lightweight double scull (ladies, 1000m):
1. Santosh Yadav and Rukmani (MP) 03:34.26 secs
2. Sweeti and Anshika Bharti (Odisha) 03:38.43
3. Reena Kumari and Kiran Devi (Meghalaya) 03:40.21 sec
Single scull (males, 1000m):
1. Aviraj (Odisha) 03.27.54 sec
2. Arjun Lal Jat (Delhi) 03.28.68 sec
3. Ajay (Jharkhand) 03.30.34 sec
Double scull (ladies, 1000m):
1. Ashwani Kumaran, VP and Anna Helan Joseph (Kerala) 03:42.37 secs
2. Bhagyashree Ghule and Gursharanpreet Singh Kaur (Odisha) 03:43.200 secs
3. Vanshika Sahu and Priyanka Chahal (MP) 03:44.20 sec
Double scull (males, 1000m):
1. Bhupinder Singh and Prithvi Singh Cheema (Punjab) 03.08.63 sec
2. Arpit Singh and Pankaj Kulhari (Delhi) 03.09.89 sec
3. Suraj Singh and Rahul Chaudhary (Uttarakhand) 03.10.30 sec.
Coxless pair (ladies):
1. Manisha Dangi and Jigyasa Regar (MP) 03.40.58 sec
2. Jasmeen Kaur and Jashanpreet Kaur (Punjab) 03.44.45 sec
3. Sruthimol Biju and Amala Rose (Kerala) 03.56.22 sec.
Lightweight double scull (males 1000m):
1. Sumit Rathi and Harinath Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 03.11.11 sec
2. Ramanpal Singh and Jaspal Singh (Chandigarh) 03.12.41 sec
3. Sinesh Kumar and Vineet Thalod (Rajasthan) 03.13.89 sec
Single scull (ladies):
1. Shweta Brahmachari (West Bengal) 04.00.86 sec
2. Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 04.01.89 sec
3. Yumnam Chengloulembi Devi (Manipur) 04.02.61 sec. (ANI)