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The Hindu
a day ago
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- The Hindu
FISU World University Games 2025: India finishes campaign with 12 medals
India's campaign at the 32nd FISU Summer World University Games, held from July 16 to 27 in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region of Germany, ended with a total of 12 medals - two gold, five silver and five bronze. Around 300 Indian athletes competed in 3x3 basketball, archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, beach volleyball, fencing, judo, rowing, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis and volleyball. The country finished well short of its best-ever performance of 26 medals - 11 gold, five silver and 10 bronze - from the previous edition held in Chengdu in 2021. Archery and athletics both produced five medals each. Amidst quite a few near-misses, archers Sahil Rajesh Jadhav (men's individual compound), and Parneet Kaur and Kushal Dalal (mixed team compound) grabbed the only two gold medals. Parneet had a full set as she won a silver in the individual event and a bronze in the women's team competition. Ankita Dhyani wins India's 3rd #Athletics medal at the #WorldUniversityGames 2025 in Germany. Clocking a personal best of 9:31.99, Ankita narrowly missed out on the top spot but secured Silver🥈in the Women's 3000m steeplechase. Congratulations to Ankita for her stellar… — SAI Media (@Media_SAI) July 27, 2025 Vaishnavi Adkar became only the second Indian tennis player to win a medal in the World University Games, after Nandal Bal clinched a silver in men's singles in the 1979 edition in Mexico City. The 20-year-old Vaishnavi finished with a bronze after she went down fighting 6-2, 4-6, 4-6 in a three-hour duel in the semifinals to Eszter Meri of Slovakia. In athletics, Ankita Dhyani (women's 3000m steeplechase), Seema (women's 5000m) and Praveen Chithravel (men's triple jump) all bagged silver medals. The men's 4x100m relay team of Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Lalu Prasad Bhoi and Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati impressed with a bronze medal, finishing behind only Republic of Korea and South Africa in the final. The badminton contingent won its first-ever medal in the history of the competition - a bronze in the mixed team event after losing to Chinese Taipei in the semifinals. However, the campaign was marred by controversies related to administrative blunders which led to athletes being unable to participate in multiple events. It happened with six of the 12 players chosen for the badminton mixed team competition, Devyaniba Zala (women's 400m) and Seema (10,000m). The Association of Indian Universities has suspended its joint secretary, Baljit Singh Sekhon and instituted a three-member inquiry panel to investigate the 'mismanagement.' INDIAN MEDALLISTS AT FISU SUMMER WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES 2025 Archery Gold - Men's Individual Compound - Sahil Rajesh Jadhav Gold - Mixed Team Compound - Parneet Kaur and Kushal Dalal Silver - Men's Team Compound - Kushal Dalal, Sahil Rajesh Jadhav, Hritik Sharma Silver - Women's Individual Compound - Parneet Kaur Bronze - Women's Team Compound - Parneet Kaur, Avneet Kaur and Madhura Dhamanhgaonkar Athletics Silver - Women's 3000m Steeplechase - Ankita Dhyani Silver - Women's 5000m - Seema Silver - Men's Triple Jump - Praveen Chithravel Bronze - Men's 4x100m Relay - Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Lalu Prasad Bhoi, Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati Bronze - Women's 20km Walk Team - Mansi Negi, Sejal Anil Singh, Mahima Choudhary, Munita Prajapati, Shalini Badminton Bronze - Mixed Team - Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, Saneeth Dayanand, Vaishnavi Khadkekar, Tasnim Mir, Devika Sihag, Varshini Viswanath Sri Tennis Bronze - Women's Singles - Vaishnavi Adkar
News18
5 days ago
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India assured of at least a medal in compound mens archery in WUG
Last Updated: Berlin, Jul 23 (PTI) India has been assured of an archery medal after Kushal Dalal and Sahil Rajesh Jadhav set up a semifinal clash against each other after winning their respective quarterfinal matches, while two track and field athletes qualified for the final round in the World University Games here on Wednesday. Rising sprinter Animesh Kujur made it to the men's 200m semifinals, so did Maria Angel Silvia in the corresponding women's event. In the compound men's individual competition, Jadhav defeated Finlay Clark of Great Britain 146-142 while Dalal emerged 148-146 winner against home country's Ruven Fluss in the quarterfinal matches. One Indian will make it to the final as they square off against each other in an all-Indian semifinal. Parneet Kaur also made it to the women's compound individual semifinal after beating Alyssia Chambraud of France 144-141 in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Kujur clocked 21.16 seconds to win his heat with ease and qualify for the semifinals. He holds the national record of 20.32 seconds in this event. Silvia clocked 24.01 sceonds in her heat to also make it to the semifinals. Sanya Yadav and Samardeep Singh Gill made it to the finals of the women's discus throw and men's shot put respectively. Yadav hurdled the discus to a personal best distance of 51.21m in the qualification round while Gill finished overall fourth in the qualification with a throw of 19.10m. India has so far won a medal in this edition of the Games from the badminton mixed team. Tennis player Vaishnavi Adkar has assured the country a medal after qualifying for the women's singles semifinals which will be played on Thursday. She will become only the second Indian to win a medal in the World University Games, after Nandal Bal clinched a silver in men's singles in the 1979 edition in Mexico City. Under the rules, two bronze medals are awarded in tennis competition in the WUG. With just four competition days left, India's performance in this edition of the Games has been disappointing. India had dished out its best performance in the last edition of the Games, winning 26 medals — 11 gold, 5 silver and 10 bronze — and had finished seventh in the overall medals tally. PTI PDS PDS SSC SSC view comments First Published: July 23, 2025, 22:45 IST Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
