Jaipur: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology’s Samardeep Singh Gill improved his own All India University (AIU) mark in the men’s shot put while Isha Chander Prakash (women’s heptathlon) and her men’s 4x100m team surpassed the betting records on the final day of athletics action at the Khelo India University Games Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium here on Thursday.
The fifth edition of KIUG 2025 will be held in seven cities in Rajasthan. A total of 4,448 athletes from 222 universities compete against each other in 23 medal disciplines. The games will be held under the aegis of the Sports Authority of India in association with the Rajasthan State Sports Council and will be hosted by Poornima University.
With just one day of competition left, Chandigarh University extended its lead at the top of the medal table to 41 by bagging seven gold medals in canoeing and kayaking on Thursday.
While Chandigarh University dominated the canoeing and kayaking events, three new records were set in athletics, taking the four-day total to 12.
Shot putter Samardeep, who has beaten two-time Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor three times this year, hurled the shot put to a distance of 19.42m in his second attempt to win the gold medal, while runner-up Aniket of Guru Kashi University managed only 18.08m.
Samardeep, the previous AIU record (18.76m) and KIUG record (18.75m), has been in exceptional form this year, consistently throwing over 19 meters and repeating the feat in Jaipur.
“I came here to perform for my university while I am pursuing my Masters in Physical Education there. I also had an ankle injury before coming here but I am happy to be able to maintain my consistency here,” the 24-year-old, who set his personal best of 19.82m at the National Interstate Championships in Chennai earlier this year, told SAI Media.
Samardeep’s teammate Isha Chander Prakash surpassed the KIUG record in the heptathlon with a score of 4857. Isha had gained a sizable lead over her opponents after the first four events on Wednesday and maintained that lead on Thursday to improve the previous record by 109 points. The previous record was held by Sonu Kumari of Lovely Professional University.
Olympian and national 100m-200m record holder Animesh Kujur then ended the competition on a high note for KIIT as he led his team to a new 4x100m meet record with a time of 40.09 seconds. The silver medalists from Mahatma Gandhi University also equaled Mangalore University’s previous KIUG record of 40.76 seconds.
In Udaipur, Chandigarh University bagged seven gold medals on the final day of canoeing and kayaking action at Fateh Sagar Lake, ending the discipline with 23 gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. Guru Kashi University was the second best contingent with three gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals.
In the men’s football final at Poornima University, the University of Calicut defeated Guru Nanak Dev University 5-4 on penalties after failing to score in regular time.
RESULTS:
ATHLETICS
Women
800m: Gold – Amandeep Kaur (Panjab University) 2:10.72 seconds; Silver – Rekha Piroji (Mangalore University); Bronze – Riya Patil (Shivaji University) 2:17.37 seconds
10,000m: Gold – Ravina Vijay Gayakwad (SPPU) 37:22.59 seconds; Silver – Busra Khan (Rabindranath Tagore Univ) 38:32.80s; Bronze – Tejaswini Lambkane (RTM, Nagpur) 41:02.13 seconds
4×100 meter relay: Gold – Jain University 47.22 seconds; Silver – University of Mumbai 47.36 seconds; Bronze – Guru Nanak Dev University 47.52 seconds
Heptathlon: Gold – Isha Chander Prakash (Kit) 4857 (Meet Record); Silver – Magudeshwari s (Manonmaniam University) 4648; Bronze – Nice Kurukshetra University 4557
Pole vault: Gold – Nitika Akare (LPU) 3.60 m; Silver – Deepika A (University of Madras) 3.40 m; Bronze – Dharshini (Periyar University) 3.40 m
Men
800 m: Gold – Mogalivenkat Ram Reddy (KLEF University) 1:51.62 seconds; Silver – Bejoy J (University of Calicut) 1:52.41s; Bronze – Basant Chauhan (Panjab University) 1:52.83 seconds
3000m Steeplechase: Gold – Nagaraj Divate (Karnataka University) 9:52.93 seconds; Silver – Saurabh (Panjab University) 9:53.08 seconds; Bronze – Vikash Ray (Lalit Narayan Mithila University) 9:53.38 seconds
4x100m relay: Gold – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology 40.09 (meet record); Silver – Mahatma Gandhi University 40.76 seconds; Bronze – University of Calicut 41.21 seconds
Triple jump: Gold – Narpinder Singh (Guru Kashi University) 15.30 m; Silver – Vivek Gupta (Dr. Homi Bhabha State University) 15.11 m
Shot Put: Gold – Samardeep Singh (KIIT) 19.42m (AIU and Meet record); Silver – Aniket (Guru Kashi University) 18.08m; Bronze – G Balaji (SRM University) 17.58m
Javelin Throw: Gold – Shashank Patil (Rani Channamma University) 71.88m; Silver – Utsav Tanwar (Chandigarh University) 71.59 m; Bronze – Vipul Yadav (Rajrishi Bhartihari
CANOEING and KAYAKING
Women
C-1 200m: Gold – Moirangthem Sophia Devi (Chandigarh University) 00:52.503 seconds; Silver – Nikki (Panjab University) 00:54.740 seconds; Bronze – Vichitra Gupta (LPU) 00:56.493 seconds
C-2 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 00:48.840 seconds; Silver – Panjab University 00:50.040s; Bronze – Savitribai Phule Pune University 00:51.090s
K-1 200m: Gold – Pooja (Chandigarh University) 00:47.517 seconds; Silver – Samara A Chako (Guru Nanak Dev University) 00:49.473 seconds; Bronze – Kulsum (Panjab University) 00:50.873 seconds
K-2 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 00:47.532 seconds; Silver – Panjab University 00,49,362s; Bronze – Guru Kashi University 00:51.502
K-4 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 43.988 seconds; Silver – Panjab University 48.672 seconds; Bronze – Shivaji University 50,859s
Men
C-1 200m: Gold – Midhun Madhu (University of Kerala) 43.910 seconds; Silver – Aniket (LPU) 46,133s; Bronze – Hemam Rojit Singh (Panjab University) 48.887 seconds
C-2 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 39.759 seconds; Silver – Savitribai Phule Pune University 40,069s; Bronze – Guru Kashi University 42.015 sec
K-1 200m: Gold – Ningthoujam Nivash Singh (Guru Kashi Uni) 40.864 seconds; Silver – Vishal Goswami (LPU) 41,700s; Bronze – Karan Shende (RTM Nagpur) 46.764 seconds
K-2 200m: Gold – Guru Kashi University 35.767 seconds; Silver – Guru Nanak Dev University 35,783s; Bronze – Chandigarh University 36.047 sec
K-4 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 33.004 seconds; Silver – Guru Kashi University 33,461s; Bronze – Shivaji University 35.288 seconds
SOCCER (final)
Men: Gold – University of Calicut; Silver – Guru Nanak Dev University; Bronze – Adamas University, Mahatma Gandhi University
MALLAKHAMB
Women
Team: Gold – Savitribai Phule Pune University 81.55; Silver – University of Mumbai 79.70; Bronze – Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil University 79.20
Men
Team: Gold – Mumbai University 124.10; Silver – Savitribai Phule Pune University 122.80; Bronze – Rabindranath Tagore University 118.70
TENNIS
Women: Gold – Maharshi Dayanand University; Silver – Osmania University; Bronze – University of Madras
Men: Gold – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology; Silver – Manipal University; Bronze – Bharathiar University
