Guwahati: The 4th Khelo India University Games 2023, Ashtalakshmi came to an end on Thursday. And Chandigarh University was crowned the championship. Assam Sports Minister Nandita Gorlosa announced the official closing of the tournament. The closing ceremony of the tournament was organised on Thursday.
Chandigarh University, took home the KIUG crown for the first time in four editions. They bagged a total of 71 medals, including 32 gold, 18 silver and 21 bronze medals. Lovely Professional University came second with 20 gold, 14 silver and 8 bronze. While Guru Nanak Dev University finished third with 12 gold, 20 silver and 19 bronze. They were the only contingent apart from the champions to cross the 50-medal mark.
Panjab University came up with a late surge winning five gold, two silver and three bronze medals from the boxing competitions – the men’s event was held in Gangtok, Sikkim, while women in Nehru Stadium, Guwahati – to finish fourth with a tally of 12 gold, 12 silver and 16 bronze.
Jain University led the chart for the first few days because of their domination in swimming. Finally finished fifth with a total of 12 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze medals.
Chandigarh University had finished 34th in the first edition in Odisha. They finished 20th in the second edition. And they improved their position to 11th in the 3rd edition in Lucknow.
Swimmer Pratyasa Ray of Utkal University with four gold, one silver and one bronze was the most successful female athlete of the Games while the honour of the most successful male athlete went to Jain University’s Xavier Michael Dsouza with four gold medals. He is also a swimmer.
The 4th KIUG 2023 in North-East India also saw five new Games records being set in athletics. Vikash of Chandigarh University created the first record in the athletics competition in men’s 1500 m. Also, javelin thrower Jyoti (Chaudhary Devi Lal University), pole vaulter M Gowtham, long jumper Vishnu (University of Madras) and 800m runner Amandeep Kaur of Panjab University added to that list over the next two days. Chandigarh University’s Deepika broke Jyoti’s record in javelin and made it to the books.
