5th edition of the Khelo India Youth Games is hosted by Madhya Pradesh and more than 6000 participants who are under age age 22 from all over India are participating in the 27 different sports events. The tournament has begun with the magnificent flame and the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Mr. Shivraj Singh Chauhan lightened the flame on 30th Jan 2023.
Badminton events including Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, and Women's Doubles, are scheduled from 31st Jan to 3rd Feb 2023 at M.P Badminton Academy, Kampu Gwalior.
Haryana dominates the Khelo India 2023 badminton medals tally with four medals includes 2 Gold, 1 Silver and 1 Bronze. No other states win the second medal.
Devika Sihag, in Women's singles, Devika Sihag & Ridhi Kaur Toor, in Women's Doubles win the Gold Medals, Sunny Nehra & Mayank Rana win the Silver medal, and Haryana's Bharat Raghav wins the Bronze in Men's Singles.
Haryana's Devika Sihag is the only Badminton players secured two medals in Khelo India Youth Games 2023.
Kheo India 2023 Badminton Medals Tally
Haryana 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
Karnataka 1 Gold
Telangana 1 Gold
Tamilnadu 1 Silver
Maharashtra 1 Silver
Punjab 1 Silver
Andhra Pradesh 1 Bronze
UP 1 Bronze
Kerala 1 Bronze
The results of the medal matches are,
3rd/4th place Matches
Girls Singles - GS U19
Pavithra Naveen, Kerala
Gargi Garg, UP
21 11 21 17
Boys Doubles - BD U19
Ujjwal & Daksh Gautam, UP
Divyam Arora & Arsh Mohammad, UP
19 21, 18 21
Boys Singles - BS U19
Bharat Raghav, Haryana
Manraj Singh, Haryana, Walkover
Girls Doubles - GD U19
Kanishka G. & Sania Sikkandar, Tamil Nadu
Navya Kanderi & Jahnavi Nammi, Andhra Pradesh
15 21, 12 21
Gold Medal Matches
GS U19
Devika Sihag, Haryana
Naishaa Kaur Bhatoye, Maharashtra
19 21, 21 18, 21 10
Boys Doubles - BD U19
Nicholas Nathan Raj & Tushar Suveer, Karnataka
Sunny Nehra & Mayank Rana, Haryana
22 24, 22 20, 21 15
Boys Singles - BS U19
Abhinav Thakur, Punjab
Lokesh Reddy K, Telangana
19 21, 21 15, 20 22
Girls Doubles - GD U19
Devika Sihag & Ridhi Kaur Toor, Haryana
Shreya Balaji & N. Dhanyaa, Tamil Nadu
10 21, 21 21, 21 07
