SPO-KHELO-GYMNASTICS

Khelo Gymnastics: Dandekar, Dey shine, Maha end campaign on

high

Pune, Jan 13 (PTI)Aditee Dandekar and Arik Dey turned

in meticulous performances as Maharashtra once again dominated

the gymnastics arena at Khelo India Youth Games to wrap up the

Under-21 category with a whopping nine medals on the last day

of competition here on Sunday.

With 18 medals (nine gold, six silver and three

bronze), Maharashtra were also crowned champions, a media

release issued here said.

The star of Maharashtra's success story on the day was

Aditee.

She won four medals in all including two gold in the

ball and ribbon routines which took her individual haul to

five medals, adding to the Rhythmic Gymnastics all around

title on Friday.

Meghana Reddy gave her some competition by bagging the

hoop gold and silver in both the ribbon and ball categories.

Arik Dey continued his magical performance to fetch

Maharashtra two more medals.

He secured gold in the horizontal bar and silver in

parallel bars.

Agnivesh Pandey of Uttar Pradesh topped the parallel

bar making him the most successful performer for his state and

propel them to third place in the overall standings behind

West Bengal (11 medals).

Results: Rhythmic Gymnastics: Individual Hoop: 1.

Meghana Reddy (Tel) 11.05; 2. Aditee Dandekar (Mah) 10.45; 3.

Mehakpreet Kaur (DL) 10.35.

Individual Ball: 1. Aditee Dandekar (Mah) 12.65; 2.

Meghana Reddy (Tel) 12.35; 3. Kimaya Kadam (Mah) 11.35.

Individual Clubs: 1. Richa Chordia (Mah) 11.65; 2.

Aditee Dandekar (Mah) 10.75; 3. Mehakpreet Kaur (DL)10.00.

Individual Ribbon: 1. Aditee Dandekar (Mah) 12.15; 2.

Meghana Reddy (Tel) 10.50; 3. Mehakpreet Kaur (DL) 9.55.

Mens Artistic Gymnastics: Individual Parallel Bars:

1. Agnivesh Pandey (UP) 12.45; 2. Arik Dey (Mah) 12.30; 3.

Aryan Sharma (PB) 11.25.

Individual Horizontal Bar: 1. Arik Dey (Mah) 12.

25; 2. Omkar Shinde (Mah) 11.40; 3. Isa Anwar (DL) 11.

15.