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Priyanuj, Kavya secure Table Tennis gold medals for Assam and Maharashtra

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Rajgir: Priyanuj Bhattacharyya (Assam) rallied from the loss of the opening game to beat Tamil Nadu’s PB Abhinand 4-1 and win the boys’ singles Table Tennis gold medal in the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar in the Rajgir Sports Complex Indoor Hall here on Saturday. The Assam lad controlled the match after the opening game and did not look in trouble at all.

 

Kavya Bhatt (Maharashtra) won the girls singles gold, defeating M. Hansini (Tamil Nadu) 4-1 after conceding the opening game on extra points. A Thane-based Khelo India Athlete, Kavya Bhatt had lost to Hansini, a Chennai-based Khelo India Athlete, in an earlier tournament but played attacking Table Tennis to extracted sweet revenge on Saturday.

 

Kavya’s victory enabled Maharashtra claim two of the four gold medals at stake in the Table Tennis competition. Tamil Nadu was the only State that had a podium finisher in each of the four events while Assam was the only other team to claim multiple medals in the exhalating competition.

 

Priyanuj and Kavya’s wins were impressive as they showing their skill and determination under pressure to win well-deserved gold medals. Kavya, in particular, seemed to have picked up some clues from the manner in which Divya Bhowmick had taken a game off Hansini in the semifinal. Though she took time to get into a groove, there was no stopping her as she won the big points.

Balamurugan Muthu Rajasekharan (Tamil Nadu) and Divyanshi Bhowmick (Maharashtra), both Khelo India scholars, won the boys and girls singles bronze medal playoff matches. Balamurugan defeated Kushal Chopda (Maharashtra) with his smart play. Divyanshi beat against her teammate Sukrati Sharma, coming back from a shaky start to win the match in straight games.

The results:

Boys singles (final):Priyanuj Bhattacharyya (Assam) beat PB Abhinandh (Tamil Nadu) 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6. Bronze medal match: Balamurugan Muthu Rajasekharan (Tamil Nadu) beat Kushal Chopda (Maharashtra) 11-8, 11-5, 11-8.

Girls Singles (final): Kavya Bhatt (Maharashtra) beat M Hansini (Tamil Nadu) 12-14, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9. Bronze medal match: Divyanshi Bhowmick (Maharashtra) beat Sukrati Sharma (Maharashtra) 12-10, 11-4, 11-6.

For More on Khelo India Youth Games, click: https://youth.kheloindia.gov.in/

 

For Medal Tally of KIYG 2025, click: https://youth.kheloindia.gov.in/medal-tally.

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