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Khelo India: National Programme for Development of Sports, branded as Khelo India (transl. Play India), aims at improving India's sports culture at the grass-root level through organized talent identification, structured sporting competitions and infrastructure development. [1]
On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony based on Guru–shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena. [2] [3] from the 2019 events, Khelo India School Games were renamed to Khelo India Youth Games after Indian Olympic Association came on board earlier in September 2018. [4]
The Khel Ratna Award (Hindi pronunciation: [kʰeːl rət̪nə]), officially known as the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (transl. Major Dhyan Chand Sport Jewel Award) or formerly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, is the highest sporting honour of India. [1]
The 2021 Khelo India Youth Games is the fourth edition, of the Khelo India Youth Games. After being postponed thrice due to COVID-19, the Khelo India Youth Games 2021 were held from 4–13 June 2022 across multiple venues. Haryana hosted the bulk of the events and Panchkula, Haryana, India is named as the host city. The event witnessed 25 ...
Full name: Priteesmita Bhoi: National team: India: Born 14 November 2008 (age 16) Dhenkanal, Odisha, India: Sport; Country India: Sport: Weightlifting: Weight class: 45 kg: Club: Odisha Weightlifting High Performance Centre: Achievements and titles; Personal best(s) Snatch: 57 kg (2024) Clean and Jerk: 85 kg (2024) Total: 139 kg (2024)
Khelo India Winter Games (KIWG) are the national level multidisciplinary grassroot winter games of India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Events include skiing , alpine skiing , nordic skiing , snow rugby , Ice stock sport , snow baseball , mountaineering , snowshoe running , ice hockey , figure skating and speed skating . [ 3 ]
The third Khelo India Youth Games was held from 10 January 2020 and 22 January 2020 in Guwahati, Assam, India. [1] The event witnessed 20 national level multidisciplinary grassroots games to get played among the age groups of under-17 and under-21 categories.
The Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) are an annual sports event under the Khelo India initiative for disabled athletes. [1] [2] [3] [4]The inaugural KIPG was scheduled to happen in 2018, but did not take place, with Khelo India instead backing a separate competition called the Indian Open Para-Athletics Championship, which was held in Bengaluru. [5]