Khelo India University Games: Jetlee Singh strikes gold, upsets galore in shooting and archery- Guru Nanak Dev University’s fencer Chingakham Jetlee Singh lived up to his billing in the men’s epee, beating his teammate Shubham to strike gold, even as shooting and archery witnessed multiple upsets in the Khelo India University Games on Friday. Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates.
At the end of the day, 42 universities had won gold while 92 had made their presence felt on the medals table.
Khelo India University Games: Jetlee Singh strikes gold, upsets galore in shooting and archery
The biggest upset came from the shooting venue. Lovely Professional University’s Sartaj Singh Tiwana beat Olympian Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar in the final of the men’s 50m 3 positions to take gold.
Tomar, representing Guru Nanak Dev University was top of the chart at the end of the qualification.
In the first knockout round of the men’s recurve archery, Lovely Professional University’s Aditya Choudhary, who had topped the qualification, bowed out to Ch Charan Singh University’s Nishant.
Khelo India University Games: Jetlee Singh strikes gold, upsets galore in shooting and archery
In women’s recurve, Adamas University’s Ruma Biswas had topped the qualification, and progressed through the knockouts with relative ease, before falling in the semifinals to Guru Jambeshwar University’s Bhavna.
The track and field events will begin from Saturday. Asian Games silver medallist Dutee Chand, 400m runner Priya Mohan and long jumper Ancy Sojan were among the athletes seen training at the venue.
“A lot of athletes participating at the KIUG 2021 have a tremendous amount of international exposure,” Priya Mohan said.
“This is great for upcoming athletes and the competition, and puts pressure on those with experience. It’s a great platform.”
The competition will kick off early in the morning, with the two longest distance running events (men and women 10,000m) scheduled first up.
Khelo India University Games: Jetlee Singh strikes gold, upsets galore in shooting and archery
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