Chennai, Jan 22 (IANS): Defending champions Maharashtra opened their gold medal account at the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 with gymnast Aaryan Davande clinching the Artistic All-Round crown at the SDAT Aquatics complex here on Monday.
In the Boys' Time Trial, Telangana’s Aashirwad Saxena clinched the gold medal with a timing of 1:12.652s with Maharashtra’s Vedant Jadhav (1:13.362s) and Haryana’s Gurmoor Poonia (1:14.192s) bagging the silver and bronze respectively.
Elsewhere, at the Nehru Park squash courts, girls' top seed Pooja Arthi stormed into the individual final with a facile 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 win over state-mate Deepika V.
In hockey competition, Haryana and Odisha booked their semifinal berths in the girls' category from Group B with two wins apiece while Madhya Pradesh assured themselves a spot in the last four stage with a 1-0 win over Chhattisgarh.