Three cheers for Punjabi youths; defamed as drug addicts, shines in All India Uni games; 4 universities in top 5 places
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ June 4,2023
In the Khelo India University Games held in Uttar Pradesh, the Universities of Punjab have shined. Four Universities of the State occupied the first five places in the final medal tally. Panjab University Chandigarh became the overall champion while Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar was the runner-up. Punjabi University Patiala secured the fourth position and Guru Kashi University Damdama Sahib secured the fifth position.
Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare congratulated all the winning players and Universities for this achievement and attributed it to the students, their parents, coaches and higher officials of the Universities and sports departments.
Meet Hayer said that this is a big boost to the efforts of the State Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to again make Punjab number one state in the country in the field of sports. Under the directives of the Chief Minister, a platform has been provided to the sportspersons to progress in the form of Khedan Watan Punjab Deya in the state.
Three cheers for Punjabi youths; defamed as drug addicts, shines in All India Uni games; 4 universities in top 5 places . Panjab University Chandigarh, won a total of 69 medals with 26 gold, 17 silver and 26 bronze medals. Similarly, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, which came second, bagged a total of 68 medals with 24 gold, 27 silver and 17 bronze medals, Punjabi University, Patiala, which came fourth, bagged a total of 34 medals with 12 gold, 14 silver and 8 bronze medals and Guru Kashi University Damdama Sahib, which came in fifth place, won a total of 28 medals with 9 gold, 10 silver and 9 bronze medals.
Khelo India University Games (KIUG)
The KIUG is an inter-university meet where athletes representing different institutes from all over the country vie for medals in a variety of sporting events.
Four cities across Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow, Varanasi, Greater Noida and Gorakhpur – hosted a majority of KIUG 2023 events. Only the shooting events were scheduled in New Delhi.
At KIUG 2023, around 4,000 athletes, all in the under-27 category, from 205 top universities from across the country competed for 822 medals (262 gold, 263 silver and 297 bronze) across 21 different sports. Rowing made its KIUG debut this year. KIUG 2023 was the third edition of the inter-university meet.
