Haryana
Khelo India Youth Games 2024 Medal Tally
- 26 Feb 2024
- 2 min read
Why in News?
Recently, Haryana emerged among the top three states in Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2024, the sixth edition of the flagship event under the Indian government’s Khelo India initiative.
Key Points
- Over 5,600 athletes from all over the country competed at the Khelo India Youth Games 2024, which ran from 19th to 31st January, 2024. Tamil Nadu hosted the KIYG 2024 in four cities - Chennai, Madurai, Trichy and Coimbatore.
- Maharashtra defended their Khelo India Youth Games title after topping the medals tally with 57 gold medals, 48 silver and 53 bronze. It was their fourth KIYG title.
- Host state Tamil Nadu finished second with 38 gold, 21 silver and 39 bronze for their best-ever finish.
- Haryana, who have won two KIYG titles, came third with 35 gold, 22 silver and 46 bronze medals.
- A total of 926 medals - 278 gold, 278 silver and 370 bronze - were on offer across 26 sports at KIYG 2024 Tamil Nadu.
- Squash made its KIYG debut this year while Silambam, a form of indigenous martial arts, featured as a demonstration sport.
Silambam
- It is an ancient weapon-based martial art that emerged in Tamilakam, which is now the Tamil Nadu region of India. It is one of the oldest martial arts in the world.
- The term Silambam contains a meaning which itself reveals about the sport, silam stands for a ‘mountain’ and bam stands for bamboo which is the main weapon used in this form of martial arts.
- It is closely linked to the Kerala martial art kalaripayattu.
