SPO-KHELO-GYMNASTICS

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh

Thursday bagged the lion's share of medals in gymnastics in

Khelo Indian Youth Games 2019 here.

Maharashtra bagged five of the 14 gold medals on

offer, while Uttar Pradesh clinched four.

UP dominated the mens section with four gold, while

West Bengal (3) and Jammu & Kashmir (2) shared five gold in

the womens events, a media release issued here said.

In terms of medals, Maharashtra had a whopping haul of

17, comprising five gold, five silver and seven bronze.

UP had eight medals in its kitty - four gold, one

silver and three bronze.

Protishtha Samanta and Bavleen Kaur were big starts in

the gymnastics arena.

Protishtha bagged three individual gold and took her

personal tally to four she won a gold two days ago.

Bavleen emerged as another major star among women, as

she won two gold to take her haul to three at these Games, the

release said.

Among men, Mohammed Rafey, who had one gold earlier,

added two more Thursday to take his yellow metal haul to

three.

Led by Shreyas Mandliks one gold, two silver and a

bronze, Maharashtra were also boosted by Krisha Chheda who

landed a total of three medals (one gold, two bronze) out of

four events in rhythmic gymnastics.

Bavleen bagged two gold and two silver which made her

a podium finisher in every event of the rhythmic gymnastics

section, while Protishtha dominated artistic gymnastics with

her golden haul.

Uttar Pradesh dominated the mens artistic gymnastics

with a total of eight medals.

With an astounding 21 medals, the Maharashtra under-17

gymnastics team, buoyed by the home crowd, finished its

campaign on a high.

While the first day was dominated by Uttar Pradesh,

Maharashtra managed to corner a total of 17 medals on the last

day, the release added.