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2021 Khelo India Youth Games

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Khelo India Youth Games 2021
Host cityPanchkula, Haryana, India
Teams36
Athletes4700
Events462 (in 25 sports)
Opening4 June 2022
Closing13 June 2022
Opened byManohar Lal Khattar
Anurag Thakur
Main venueTau Devi Lal Stadium

The 2021 Khelo India Youth Games is the fourth edition, of the Khelo India Youth Games. After being postponed thrice due to COVID-19, the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 were held from 4–13 June 2022 across multiple venues. Haryana hosted the bulk of the events and Panchkula, Haryana, India is named as the host city. The event witnessed 25 national-level multidisciplinary grassroots games. The event was held in 25 disciplines and all of India’s 36 states and Union Territories participated at the KIYG for the first time. Khelo India programme's inaugural edition was held in New Delhi in 2018, while Pune and Guwahati hosted 2nd and 3rd edition in 2019 and 2020 respectively. The winner of the fourth edition of KIYG was Haryana who edged past defending champions Maharashtra who finished 2nd. Karnataka for the first time finished in the 3rd position. Sikkim, Nagaland, and Lakshadweep were the only participants not to win a single medal.[1]

Sports events

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There are 25 sports disciplines in Khelo India Youth Games 2021.[2] five new indigenous sports, mallakhamb, gatka, kalaripayattu, thang-ta and yogasana, have been added to the sports list for the 2021 edition.

Sports event
Archery Cycling Kabaddi Table tennis Athletics
Football Kho-Kho Tennis Badminton Field hockey
Lawn bowling Volleyball Basketball Gymnastics Shooting
Weightlifting Boxing Judo Swimming Wrestling
Mallakhamb Gatka Kalaripayattu Thang-ta Yogasana

Medal tally

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The medal tally of the 4th edition of Khelo India Youth Games is listed below. The host state, Haryana, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (Haryana)

RankStateGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Haryana*523946137
2 Maharashtra454040125
3 Karnataka22172867
4 Manipur194528
5 Kerala18191855
6 Delhi15154979
7 Tamil Nadu14142452
8 Madhya Pradesh12111538
9 Punjab11151642
10 Rajasthan891532
11 West Bengal781227
12 Uttar Pradesh6171942
13 Chandigarh54716
14 Gujarat411924
15 Andhra Pradesh44513
16 Jammu and Kashmir35614
17 Jharkhand33612
18 Himachal Pradesh3216
19 Andaman and Nicobar Islands3115
20 Assam211821
21 Telangana24713
22 Chhattisgarh23611
23 Tripura2147
24 Mizoram2114
25 Goa2103
26 Odisha1539
27 Arunachal Pradesh1427
28 Bihar1012
29 Uttarakhand0325
30Ladakh0112
31Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu0101
32 Puducherry0033
33 Meghalaya0011
Totals (33 entries)269273361903
Source: [1]

References

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  1. ^ "Khelo India Youth Games 2021: Over 4000 athletes to contest in 25 disciplines".
  2. ^ "List of sports in Khelo India Youth Games 2020".