Army tops in Khelo India Winter Games 2024, Karnataka comes second. other sports news

Alpine skier Bobby Pandey’s parallel slalom gold on the Kangdoori slopes made the difference on the final day of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024 in Gulmarg on Sunday. Pandey’s win helped the Army top the medal tally with 10 gold, just one more than Karnataka and three more than No. 3 Maharashtra, which will be competing in the first round of the Winter Games in Ladakh from February 2-5. Finally topped the table. , In the only other event on Sunday, Mehak of Uttarakhand won the women’s version of parallel slalom.

Uttarakhand finished fifth in the medal table with three gold. All of them had come to different skiing events. Led by Aanchal Thakur’s double gold, Himachal Pradesh finished fourth with four gold medals.

The Army, which had won the ice-hockey gold medal in Ladakh, returned with nine gold medals at the Gulmarg edition of KIWG 2024. Snowboarder Kulwinder Sharma and Nordic skier Padma Namgyal excelled for the Army team with two individual gold medals each.

Karnataka, which did well in Ladakh mainly because of its ice-skaters, competed well in Gulmarg mainly because of top skier Thekkada Bhavani Nanjunda.

Bhavani, a 28-year-old certified trainer and mountaineer, was the only athlete to win a hat-trick of gold medals in Gulmarg.

The technical aspects of this edition of Khelo India Winter Games 2024 were completely managed by the Sports Authority of India. Six Olympians, including Shiva Keshavan and Arif Mohammad Khan, actively participated in the conduct of the Winter Games.