Jaipur (Rajasthan), Nov 26 (NationPress) Trap shooters Neeru Dhanda and Aditya Bharadwaj propelled Guru Nanak Dev University to a clean sweep of all four shotgun medals at the Khelo India University Games Rajasthan 2025, held at the Jagatpur Shooting Range. Their cycling team also excelled, winning both individual road races and elevating their gold medal count to double digits.

At the conclusion of the day's events, Jain University maintained its lead in the medal standings with 12 gold, six silver, and seven bronze medals. Guru Nanak Dev University secured second place with 10 gold medals, while Lovely Professional University solidified its third position with three golds in wrestling, accumulating a total of eight gold medals.

Neeru, who is the reigning Asian Shooting Championships gold medalist, captured her fourth consecutive individual gold at the Khelo India University Games with an impressive final score of 47 points. Her teammates, Manisha Keer (39 points) and Nandika Singh (30 points), clinched the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Together, they also won the team gold with a score of 344 points.

Despite qualifying second behind Manisha, Neeru elevated her performance in the final. “I was determined to win the gold today, as this marks my last participation in the Khelo India University Games. I had previously won gold in the last three editions, and I aimed to conclude my journey with yet another victory,” she shared with SAI Media. Neeru first competed in the Khelo India Youth Games in 2020, where she secured a silver medal, and has since dominated the University Games.

The fifth edition of KIUG 2025 is being hosted across seven cities in Rajasthan, featuring a remarkable 4448 athletes from 222 universities competing in 23 medal disciplines. The event is organized under the auspices of the Sports Authority of India in partnership with the Rajasthan State Sports Council, with Poornima University serving as the host.

Aditya Bharadwaj also led the men's trap team of GNDU to a golden double, achieving a score of 45 in the final. Jungsher Singh Virk from Punjabi University earned the silver with a score of 43, while Bhaktiyaar Malik from Manav Rachna secured the bronze medal.

Earlier in the day, cyclist Meenakshi Rohilla added another gold in the individual road race to her individual time trial victory, while her teammate Akshar Tyagi claimed the men's title, raising Guru Nanak Dev University's gold tally to 10.

Second Khelo India University Games champions Jain University remained on top of the medal table, adding four more swimming golds to their Tuesday total of eight. They triumphed in both the 4x100 freestyle relay, and individual events won by Nina Venkatesh (women’s 50m butterfly) and Bhavya Sachdeva (women’s 400m IM).

Chandigarh University's Harsh Saroha outperformed Olympian Srihari Nataraj in the men’s 50m butterfly, clinching gold with a time of 24.90 seconds. He also secured the 200m butterfly gold, clocking 2:06.88 seconds, while teammate Ishan Rathi won the 200m backstroke with a time of 2:13.51.

At the Bharatpur’s Loragarh Indoor Stadium, where wrestling events are taking place, Chitkara University's Jaspooran Singh triumphed over Delhi University's Ronak for the men’s 125kg freestyle gold.

Hosts Rajasthan also had their share of celebrations as Sagar from the local Dr KN Modi University in Pakei secured gold in the men’s 97kg Greco-Roman division, defeating Ritik of Guru Kashi University. Ritik appeared to struggle throughout the match due to a leg injury, allowing Sagar to exploit the opportunity and secure his second KIUG gold after his previous win in the 130kg category in Kohima last year.