2020 Khelo India Youth Games

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Khelo India Youth Games 2020
Logo kiyg2020.jpg
Host city Guwahati, Assam, India
Teams37
Athletes10000 (est.)
Events451 (in 20 sports)
Opening10 January 2020
Closing22 January 2020
Opened by Sarbananda Sonowal
(Chief Minister of Assam) and Kiren Rijiju
(Sports Minister of India)
Torch lighter Hima Das
Main venue Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Website www.kiyg2020guwahati.in

The third Khelo India Youth Games was held from 10 January 2020 and 22 January 2020 in Guwahati, Assam, India. [1] The event witnessed 20 national level multidisciplinary grassroots games to get played among the age groups of under-17 and under-21 categories. Maharashtra defended its title as they topped the medal tally with 78 Gold medals, 77 Silver medals and 101 Bronze medals. The winning contingent of Maharashtra also broke their previous record of total medal haul of 228 medals created at Pune, by winning a total of 256 medals. The event is held in 20 disciplines with the participation of 37 states and Union Territories. Khelo India programme's inaugural edition was held in New Delhi in 2018, while Pune hosted 2nd edition in 2019.

Contents

Every year best performing 1000 participants are given an annual scholarship of Rs 500,000 for 8 years to prepare them for international sporting events.

Sports events

There are 20 sports disciplines in Khelo India Youth Games 2020. [2] Cycling and Lawn Bowls are the new additional games of this year's event.

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

Medals tally

The final medal tally of the 3rd edition of Khelo India Youth Games is listed below. The host state, Assam, is highlighted.

  *   Host nation (Host(s))

RankStateGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1..Maharashtra Flag(INDIA).png Maharashtra 7877101256
2..Haryana Flag(INDIA).png Haryana 686072200
3Flag of Delhi Capital Territory.svg Delhi 393647122
4..Karnataka Flag(INDIA).png Karnataka 32262280
5 Uttar Pradesh 29283087
6..Tamil Nadu Flag(INDIA).png Tamil Nadu 22322276
7Seal of Assam.svg Assam*20223476
8Emblem of West Bengal (Banglarmukh) before 2018.png West Bengal 19142053
9Flag of Gujarat.svg Gujarat 16162052
10..Punjab Flag(INDIA).png Punjab 16152859
11..Rajasthan Flag(INDIA).png Rajasthan 15241251
12..Madhya Pradesh Flag(INDIA).png Madhya Pradesh 15112046
13..Kerala Flag(INDIA).png Kerala 1552040
14 Manipur 14202054
15Flag placeholder.svg Telangana 76821
16 Chandigarh 62917
17..Orissa Flag(INDIA).png Odisha 58821
18Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png Andaman and Nicobar Islands 5218
19Flag of Uttarakhand.svg Uttarakhand 441119
20Tiripura Flag(INDIA).png Tripura 4105
21Jharkhand Flag(INDIA).png Jharkhand 39719
22 Andhra Pradesh 37717
23 Arunachal Pradesh 35412
24Mizoram Flag(INDIA).png Mizoram 32510
25 Himachal Pradesh 2327
26Government of Jammu and Kashmir.png Jammu and Kashmir 2316
27Coat of arms of Chhattisgarh.svg Chhattisgarh 1247
28Bihar Government Banner.png Bihar 1179
29Flag placeholder.svg Goa 03912
30Flag of Daman and Diu.svg Daman and Diu 0101
31Flag of Ladakh, India.svg Ladakh 0011
Puducherry Flag(INDIA).png Puducherry 0011
Flag of the Government of Sikkim.svg Sikkim 0011
Totals (33 entries)4474455541,446
Source: Khelo India

References

  1. "Khelo India Youth Games 2020 to be held from January 10–22 in Assam" . Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. "List of sports in Khelo India Youth Games 2020" . Retrieved 30 December 2019.