Gulmarg- The 2025 Khelo India Winter Games at Gulmarg witnessed a change in climate after a sunny inaugural day. Even after the destination witnessed snowfall from the wee hours on Monday, all the scheduled games were officiated according to the fixture.
Hundreds of players from across the country battled in different domains of snow sports, including Vertical Ski Mountaineering, Snowboard Gaint Slalom and Sprint.
Manoeuvring in the Winter Games at Kangdoori, Siddhartha Gadekar from Pune Maharashtra was crowned with Gold Medal in Vertical Ski Mountaineering event for men on Monday, adding to his medal kitty from Sunday.
Shardul Thapliyal and Himanshu Singh both from Himachal Pradesh clinched Silver and Bronze in the same event respectively.
Tenzin Dolma from Himachal Pradesh secured Gold in Vertical Ski Mountaineering of women’s category, the first medal for her in KIWGs. Natasha Mahar from Himachal Pradesh improved from Sunday’s performance to win silver, while Manek Gunjiyal of Uttarakhand, who had won Gold in Women’s Snowboarding Slalom on Sunday, had to settle for bronze.
In the Nordic Ski Sprint, ITBP sent all other participants to cleaners while wresting all three medals in the event. The ITBP players Kulsum Rana, Selma Soreng and Anjana Devi obtained Gold, Silver & Bronze respectively.
The Nordic Ski Sprint for men saw medals raining for the Army as the athletes including Manjeet, Shubam Parihar and Sunny Singh took away Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, respectively.
Competing against thirty other participants in Snowboard gaint Slalom event, Zubair Ahmad Lone from J&K, glided the slopes fiercely to clinch Gold Medal, while Kulvinder Sharma and Karan Sing of Army settled with Silver and Bronze.
Similarly, in Alpine Gaint Slalom Category Women, Himachal Pradesh had triple whammy to celebrate all three medals with Anchal Thakur, Tanuja Thakur and Suhani Thakur taking home Gold, Silver and Bronze.
In the Men’s Category of Alpine Giant Slalom, Sunil Kumar from Army, Atul Bhat from ITBP and Yogesh Kumar from Himachal Pradesh achieved Gold, Silver and Bronze.
Similarly, in Alpine Gaint Slalom Category Women, Himachal Pradesh won all three medals with Anchal Thakur, Tanuja Thakur and Suhani Thakur taking home Gold, Silver and Bronze.
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