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Haryana eyeing maximum medals
Haryana at the top of the medal tally with 10 gold medals so far
Reaches finals in volleyball
Chandigarh, June 6 – In the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, 1866 medals are at stake in 25 sports competitions including 5 indigenous sports. Every state’s player is eyeing some medal or the other. Every sportsperson is feeling proud while participating at the Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex, in the sports infrastructure that has been created as per the modern international norms.
On the fourth day of the Games, Haryana has reached number 1 in the medal tally with 31 medals including 10 gold. Haryana has 8 silver and 13 bronze medals. Maharashtra is at the second position in the tally with 21 medals including 9 gold. A total of 1866 medals includes 545 gold and 545 silver medals each and 776 bronze medals.
Match started with chant of Bajrang Bali ki Jai
In the first semi-final match of boys’ volleyball, both the teams of Haryana and Rajasthan were enthusiastic as they chanted ‘Bajrang Bali ki Jai’. Both teams had to put in a lot of effort to make it to the finals. This volleyball match, which lasted more than 120 minutes, was perhaps the longest of the Khelo India Youth Games-2021.
In both Haryana and Rajasthan teams, the average height of the players was more than 6 feet, except for the zebra-man. The goal of the coaches of both the teams was that somehow the team reaches the final. In the end, Haryana won in 4 sets of the match. Haryana won the first set by 30-28 points, second Rajasthan 25-23, third Haryana 25-18 and fourth 25-23. In the matches played thus far, Haryana has reached the final with 1063.9 points.
Players from both Haryana and Rajasthan have represented India in the recent World Volleyball Championship held in Iran.
