As the second edition of Khelo India Winter Games at Gulmarg nears completion with closing ceremony to be held on Tuesday, Monday was a hectic day for Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council, Sports Associations and participants as most of the events were held at Kongdori, Hilltop and Golf Club including the sports events which were postponed previously.
As players and athletes had to return back from Kongdori on Sunday without participation, all of them were happy today for taking part in different sports events to prove their mettle. During the day, players from various States and Union Territories competed in over a dozen events to register their win.
In the Short Track Speed Skating of 1000 meters, Soham S Takar and Sumit Tapkir from Maharashtra bagged Gold and Silver medals while Anubav Gupta from Delhi got bronze.
In Figure Skating, Akula Sai Samitha and Rokhaiyya Farheem Shaik both from Andra Pradesh secured Gold and Silver respectively. Harshita Rawtani settled with silver.
In another event, Icestock Sport, Individual distance Competition, 24 participants from 12 States/UTs took part in Women’s Senior group during which Zafeera and Farhana Eliyas from J&K won Gold and Silver medals whereas Tanya Chauhan from Uttar Pradesh clinched Bronze.
Similarly, in the same sport for Men’s Senior Group, Aadil Manzoor Peer from J&K team A and Umar Tariq from J&K team B took Gold and Silver while S Shabor from Andra Pradesh and Navpreet Singh from Punjab shared bronze medal.
The Icestock sports event was flagged off by Himanshu and Amogh Shukla, the observers from Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
In Snow shoe 400 meters Junior girls, Rutba Salem, Madiha, Huriya all from J&K won Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively. In the same event for 1500 meters, Latha AA from Karnataka, won gold, Mannat Mushtaq (J&K) silver and Madiha (J&K) broze.