Chandigarh, June 10 (Agency) Haryana scored a century in medals, retained the top position in the medal tally with a total of 100 medals including 36 gold in the Khelo India Youth Games-2021. Friday was also a golden day for Haryana when its players won gold medals in hockey and judo. The girls won gold in hockey by defeating Odisha 4-1 in the final match played at Tau Devi Lal Sports Complex in Panchkula today. At the beginning of the first quarter of the match, Haryana scored the first goal and then scored another goal to take the lead in the match with two goals. When 35 seconds were left for the end of the third quarter, Orissa made the match thrilling by scoring a goal.
In the fourth quarter, Haryana made the match one-sided by scoring two more goals and eventually won the gold medal by defeating Orissa. In the swimming competition at War Heroes Memorial Stadium in Ambala, Harsh Saroha of Haryana won the gold medal. Harsh Saroha has also won a gold medal in another swimming competition during the Khelo India Youth Game 2021. Haryana’s Anil won the gold medal by defeating Chhattisgarh’s Himanshu in the 55 kg weight category match of Judo being held at Red Bishop in Panchkula. Similarly, in the girls’ match of 44 kg weight category, Simran of Haryana won the silver medal.