The Khelo India Winter Video games 2025 males’s ice-hockey last on Monday will likely be a repeat of final yr’s gold medal-round match. On Sunday, Indian Military received the higher of hosts UT-Ladakh 2-1 whereas ITBP defeated Himachal Pradesh 3-1 to set a mouth-watering title conflict on the NDS Stadium advanced.
The penultimate day of the primary leg of the Khelo India Winter Video games 2025 introduced combined outcomes for hosts Ladakh at the same time as Maharashtra went previous Telangana and Karnataka on the medal tally. With a gold, a silver and a bronze from their skaters on Sunday, Maharashtra lead the standings with eight medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze).
Ladakh skaters began the day on a brilliant observe on the NDS Stadium. Within the 1000m brief observe for girls, Skarma Tsultim (2:17.91 sec) and Padma Angmo (2:21.13 sec) did a Ladakh one-two leaving Madhya Pradesh’s Udreka Singh (2:22.74 sec) third. Skarma’s maiden KIWG gold was Ladakh’s second this yr.
With a complete of 4 medals (2 gold and a couple of silvers), Ladakh are joint second within the medal standings with Tamil Nadu, which received two golds – girls’s relay and males’s 500m lengthy observe — on Sunday.
Maharashtra skaters received a gold (males’s relay), a silver (girls’s relay) and a bronze (males’s 500 lengthy observe) on Sunday. Karnataka didn’t win any medal in the present day however Tamil Nadu received each gold (Avikshit Vijay Viswanath) and silver (Selvakumar Muthukumar) at Gupuks Pond the place the boys’s 500 lengthy observe race was held.
Within the afternoon session, Indian Military grew to become the primary staff to enter the ultimate of the boys’s ice hockey competitors. The defending champions warded off a stiff problem from hosts Ladakh to win a thriller 2-1.
In one other full home on the NDS Stadium, the Military vs Ladakh was such a fiercely contested encounter. Tempers usually ran excessive as Ladakh loved super dwelling help however the younger Military males from the Ladakh Scouts Regimental centre backed their staff to the hilt with trademark enthusiasm.
A lot to the delight of the house followers, Ladakh opened the scoring within the thirteenth minute of the primary interval via Stanzin Lotus. The Military staff, which suffered a 3-1 defeat towards ITBP in a league match on Saturday, took time to quiet down and confronted a number of shut calls.
The second interval produced no targets however Ladakh let in two delicate targets in lower than a minute within the third and last interval to permit Military take management of the match. Military performed higher as a staff because the targets scored by Sherap Zangmo (thirty second minute) and Tsewang Chorol (thirty third minute) got here off fast assists within the scoring zone.
The second interval produced no targets however Ladakh let in two delicate targets in lower than a minute within the third and last interval to permit Military take management of the match. Military performed higher as a staff because the targets scored by Sherap Zangmo (thirty second minute) and Tsewang Chorol (thirty third minute) got here off fast assists within the scoring zone.
DAY 4 RESULTS (Jan 26)
Ice hockey outcomes: Males’s semi-finals: Indian Military beat UT Ladakh 2-1; ITBP beat Himachal Pradesh 3-1.
(Girls round-robin league): ITBP beat Himachal Pradesh 10-0.
ICE SKATING (all finals)
1000m brief observe (girls):
1. Skarma Tsultim (Ladakh) 2:17.91 secs
2. Padma Angmo (Ladakh) 2:21.13
3. Udreka Singh (MP) 2:22.74 sec.
Relay (girls):
1. Tamil Nadu (S. Memalokshini, Kalpana Kutappa, Anusri Suresh, Rhea Arun (3:43.62 secs)
2. Maharashtra (3:44.07)
3. Telangana (4:00.90 sec)
Relay (males):
1. Maharashtra (Sumit Tapkir, Atharva Pardeshi, Vyom Sawant, Ishaan Darvekar) 3:07.90 secs
2. Telangana 3:11.85 secs
3. Haryana 3:37.02 sec.
500m lengthy observe (males):
1. Avikshit Vijay Viswanath (TN) 00.51.45 sec
2. Selvakumar Muthukumar (TN) 00.54.03
3. Pruthviraj Vinode (Maharashtra) 1:01.80 sec.
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