SPO-KHELO-WRAP

Records fell like nine pins in the

weightlifting competition as the Khelo India Youth Games

formally started here Wednesday.

On an action-packed day, three of the four categories

in weightlifting saw new records.

Maharashtra won three of the four gold medals, while

Odisha through Bhaktaram Desti in men's 49 kg in Under-17

category got their first gold of the Games, a media release

said.

If Maharashtra dominated weightlifting winning three

of the four gold, Delhi dominated Greco-Roman wrestling

winning five of the 10 gold medals.

In wrestling, Haryana won two gold medals, while

Maharashtra, Manipur and Punjab accounted for one each.

In Gymnastics, late on Tuesday night, Uttar Pradesh

through Mohammed Rafey and West Bengal through Prathista

Samanta won one gold each, while on Wednesday in the Under-17

all-round Rhythmic gymnastics, Bavleen Kaur gave Jammu and

Kashmir their first gold.

Manipur's lone winner in wrestling was Khundongbam

Loyangamba Singh (U17: 51kg category).

So, at the end of the day, Delhi has five gold medals,

hosts Maharashtra have won four, Haryana two, while Manipur,

Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have won one

each.