The event, which aims at finding out and providing the stage to the budding athletes from all the corners of India, took place at Guwahati from 10 January 2020 to 22 January 2020. Players from 37 states and Union Territories of the country participated in 20 disciplines to showcase their potential and place their respective state/UT at the top of the medal tally.
A total number of 1446 medals were won by the athletes which included 447 gold, 445 silver, and 554 bronze. And since the event took place in Northeast India, let’s have a look how Northeast has fared in the event.
All the Northeastern states took part in Khelo India youth games 2020. However, only Assam could make their way to the top-10 of the medal tally, standing 7th with 20 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze medals. While Manipur and Tripura stood 14th and 20th respectively, Arunachal Pradesh finished at 23rd, Mizoram at 24th, Sikkim at 31st and Meghalaya and Nagaland finished at 34th position collectively.
Pooja Basumatary won the first gold medal for Assam in girl’s under-17 57 kg category in the Judo event. However, the biggest find and the star for Assam was Shivangi Sarma who bagged 5 gold medals in swimming. Apart from her, Ankushita Boro too stole the show with gold in girls’ U-21 64 kg boxing.
This story is from the February 2020 edition of Northeast Today.
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