Madhya Pradesh: Overall Champion in Malkhamb of Khelo India Youth Games

• 13 Jun 2022

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On June 12, 2022, Madhya Pradesh won 12 medals at the Khelo India Youth Games, 2022, with a stellar performance in the Malkhamb Games. With this, Madhya Pradesh became the overall champions in Malkhamb.

Key Points

• It is worth mentioning that Malkhamb has been included for the first time in the Khelo India Youth Games and Madhya Pradesh has become the champion for the first time. In Malkhamb, Madhya Pradesh won a total of 12 medals including 5 gold medals.
• Pankaj Gargma, an 18-year-old youngster from Khachrod in Ujjain, won 3 out of 5 golds. He is the first player from the state to win three golds in a day at Khelo India. Pankaj scored 9.10 out of 10 points in poll, rope and overall, all three.
• In the final of Pol Malkhamb, Harshita Kandkar of Madhya Pradesh won gold and Siddhi Gupta won silver medal. In Rope Malkhamb, Harshita shared the third position with Sarita Payam of Chhattisgarh.
• In boys' pole Malkhamb, Indrajit Nagar and Pranav Kori jointly finished second with Monu Netam of Chhattisgarh. In Rope Malkhamb, Pankaj Gargama secured the top spot, followed by Nagar at the second spot. In Hanging Malkhamb also, Gargama won the gold medal while at the top.
• In the boys' poll Malkhamb, Inderjit Nagar and Pranav Kori jointly finished second along with Monu Netam of Chhattisgarh. In Rope Malkhamb, Pankaj Gargma secured the top position, followed by Nagar at the second position. In Hanging Malkhamb also, Gargma won the gold medal while on top.
• The Khelo India Youth Games are being held from June 4 to June 13, 2022 in Chandigarh, Delhi, Shahabad and Ambala, including the Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula.