Jaipur, Dec 4 (NationPress) The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology’s (KIIT) Samardeep Singh Gill shattered his own All India University (AIU) record in the men’s shot put while Isha Chander Prakash set a new benchmark in the women’s heptathlon, along with their men’s 4x100m relay team achieving remarkable meet records during the concluding day of athletics at the Khelo India University Games (KIUG) Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Thursday.

The fifth edition of KIUG 2025 is taking place across seven cities in Rajasthan, featuring an impressive 4448 athletes from 222 Universities competing in 23 medal events. These games are conducted under the supervision of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in partnership with the Rajasthan State Sports Council and hosted by Poornima University.

With one day left in the competition, Chandigarh University increased its lead in the medal tally by securing seven golds in Canoe and Kayaking, totaling its count to 41. While Chandigarh University excelled in canoe and kayaking, three new records were established in athletics, bringing the total to 12 over four days.

Shot put athlete Samardeep, who has outperformed two-time Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor three times this year, achieved a distance of 19.42m on his second attempt to earn the gold medal, while Aniket from Guru Kashi University managed a distance of 18.08m.

Samardeep, who held the previous AIU record (18.76m) and KIUG record (18.75m), has consistently thrown over 19 meters this year and maintained that performance in Jaipur. “I am here to represent my University as I pursue my Master's in Physical Education. Despite an ankle injury before the event, I am pleased with my consistency,” the 24-year-old, who recorded a personal best of 19.82m at the National Inter-State Championships in Chennai earlier this year, shared with SAI Media.

Teammate Isha Chander Prakash also made headlines by surpassing the KIUG record in the heptathlon with a score of 4857. After taking a significant lead following the first four events on Wednesday, she maintained that edge to break the previous record by 109 points. The earlier record was previously held by Sonu Kumari from Lovely Professional University.

Olympian and national record holder in the 100m and 200m events, Animesh Kujur, concluded the athletics events for KIIT on a triumphant note, steering his team to a new 4x100m meet record with a time of 40.09 seconds. The silver medalists, Mahatma Gandhi University, matched the former KIUG record of 40.76s set by Mangalore University.

In Udaipur, Chandigarh University clinched seven gold medals on the last day of Canoe and Kayaking events at Fateh Sagar Lake, wrapping up with 23 golds, one silver, and one bronze in the discipline. Guru Kashi University followed closely as the second-best contingent with three golds, one silver, and three bronzes.

In the men’s football final at Poornima University, University of Calicut triumphed over Guru Nanak Dev University with a score of 5-4 in a penalty shootout after the match ended goalless in regulation time.

RESULTS

ATHLETICS

Women

800m: Gold – Amandeep Kaur (Panjab University) 2:10.72s; Silver – Rekha Piroji (Mangalore University); Bronze – Riya Patil (Shivaji University) 2:17.37s

10000m: Gold – Ravina Vijay Gayakwad (SPPU) 37:22.59s; Silver – Busra Khan (Rabindranath Tagore Univ) 38:32.80s; Bronze – Tejaswini Lambkane (RTM, Nagpur) 41:02.13s

4x100m relay: Gold – Jain University 47.22s; Silver – Mumbai University 47.36s; Bronze – Guru Nanak Dev University 47.52s

Heptathlon: Gold – Isha Chander Prakash (KIIT) 4857 (meet record); Silver – Magudeeshwari S (Manonmaniam University) 4648; Bronze – Neeta Kumari (Kurukshetra University) 4557

Pole Vault: Gold – Nitika Akare (LPU) 3.60m; Silver – Deepika A (University of Madras) 3.40m; Bronze – Dharshini (Periyar University) 3.40m

Men

800m: Gold – Mogalivenkat Ram Reddy (KLEF University) 1:51.62s; Silver – Bejoy J (University of Calicut) 1:52.41s; Bronze – Basant Chauhan (Panjab University) 1:52.83s

3000m steeplechase: Gold – Nagaraj Divate (Karnatak University) 9:52.93s; Silver – Saurabh (Panjab University) 9:53.08s; Bronze – Vikash Ray (Lalit Narayan Mithila University) 9:53.38s

4x100m relay: Gold – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology 40.09 (meet record); Silver – Mahatma Gandhi University 40.76s; Bronze – University of Calicut 41.21s

Triple Jump: Gold – Narpinder Singh (Guru Kashi University) 15.30m; Silver – Vivek Gupta (Dr Homi Bhabha State University) 15.11m

Shot Put: Gold – Samardeep Singh (KIIT) 19.42m (AIU and Meet Record); Silver – Aniket (Guru Kashi University) 18.08m; Bronze – G Balaji (SRM University) 17.58m

Javelin Throw: Gold – Shashank Patil (Rani Channamma University) 71.88m; Silver – Utsav Tanwar (Chandigarh University) 71.59m; Bronze – Vipul Yadav (Rajrishi Bhartihari)

CANOE and KAYAKING

Women

C-1 200m: Gold – Moirangthem Sophia Devi (Chandigarh University) 00:52.503s; Silver – Nikki (Panjab University) 00:54.740s; Bronze – Vichitra Gupta (LPU) 00:56.493s

C-2 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 00:48.840s; Silver – Panjab University 00:50.040s; Bronze – Savitribai Phule Pune University 00:51.090s

K-1 200m: Gold – Pooja (Chandigarh University) 00:47.517s; Silver – Samara A Chako (Guru Nanak Dev University) 00:49.473s; Bronze – Kulsum (Panjab University) 00:50.873s

K-2 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 00:47.532s; Silver – Panjab University 00:49.362s; Bronze – Guru Kashi University 00:51.502

K-4 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 43.988s; Silver – Panjab University 48.672s; Bronze – Shivaji University 50.859s

Men

C-1 200m: Gold – Midhun Madhu (University of Kerala) 43.910s; Silver – Aniket (LPU) 46.133s; Bronze – Hemam Rojit Singh (Panjab University) 48.887s

C-2 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 39.759s; Silver – Savitribai Phule Pune University 40.069s; Bronze – Guru Kashi University 42.015s

K-1 200m: Gold – Ningthoujam Nivash Singh (Guru Kashi Uni) 40.864s; Silver – Vishal Goswami (LPU) 41.700s; Bronze – Karan Shende (RTM Nagpur) 46.764s

K-2 200m: Gold – Guru Kashi University 35.767s; Silver – Guru Nanak Dev University 35.783s; Bronze – Chandigarh University 36.047s

K-4 200m: Gold – Chandigarh University 33.004s; Silver – Guru Kashi University 33.461s; Bronze – Shivaji University 35.288s

FOOTBALL (Finals)

Men: Gold – University of Calicut; Silver – Guru Nanak Dev University; Bronze – Adamas University, Mahatma Gandhi University

MALLAKHAMB

Women

Team: Gold – Savitribai Phule Pune University 81.55; Silver – Mumbai University 79.70; Bronze – Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil University 79.20

Men

Team: Gold – Mumbai University 124.10; Silver – Savitribai Phule Pune University 122.80; Bronze – Rabindranath Tagore University 118.70

TENNIS

Women: Gold – Maharshi Dayanand University; Silver – Osmania University; Bronze – University of Madras

Men: Gold – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology; Silver – Manipal University; Bronze – Bharathiar University.