Chandigarh University Triumphs at Khelo India University Games 2025
Chandigarh University Clinches Championship Title
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], December 5: Chandigarh University showcased an outstanding performance in Canoe and Kayaking, along with impressive results in athletics and swimming, to successfully retain their overall championship title at the Khelo India University Games 2025, which concluded on Friday after a thrilling 12-day event.
The university concluded the games with an impressive haul of 67 medals, comprising 42 gold, 14 silver, and 11 bronze. They dominated Canoe and Kayaking, winning 23 out of the 30 gold medals available, in addition to securing six golds in swimming, five in athletics, and other medals in wrestling, weightlifting, shooting, cycling, archery, table tennis, and kabaddi, as reported by SAI Media.
Lovely Professional University (LPU) finished as the runner-up, amassing a total of 78 medals, which included 32 gold, 25 silver, and 22 bronze. Guru Nanak Dev University also achieved 32 gold medals but fell short with 22 silver and 18 bronze, placing them in third position.
The fifth edition of the KIUG 2025 took place across seven cities in Rajasthan, featuring a remarkable 4,448 athletes from 222 universities competing in 23 medal events. The games were organized under the auspices of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in partnership with the Rajasthan State Sports Council and hosted by Poornima University.
Throughout the event, 12 new meet records were established in athletics, including two All India University records, highlighting the exceptional level of competition.
Srihari Nataraj, an Olympian and India's leading swimmer, emerged as the standout athlete of KIUG 2025, securing nine gold and two silver medals, which contributed to Jain University's total of 27 golds, nine silvers, and nine bronzes, placing them fourth overall.
On the final day, with 28 gold medals up for grabs, including 24 in boxing, the competition for the second place intensified between Lovely Professional University and Guru Nanak Dev University. Ultimately, LPU triumphed, clinching two golds in boxing and one in kabaddi.
Guru Kashi University excelled in the boxing events at Bharatpur's Lohagarh Indoor Stadium, finishing with four gold, three silver, and five bronze medals, which propelled them to fifth place in the overall standings.
Medal Results Overview
Basketball
Women: Gold – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam; Silver – SRM University, Chennai; Bronze – Panjab University, Chandigarh
Men: Gold – Jain University; Silver – Christ University; Bronze – University of Madras
Boxing
Women
Minimum (45-48kg): Gold: Janhavi Churi (University of Mumbai), Silver: Bharti (Maharshi Dayanand University), Bronze: Nitika (Shri JJT University, Jhunjhunu), Simran (Guru Kashi University)
Light fly (50kg): Gold: Tamanna (Lovely Professional University), Silver: Khushi Deepak Jadhav (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University), Bronze: Ritika (Chitkara University Punjab), Sheetal Rani (Sports University of Haryana)
Fly (52kg): Gold: Devika Satyajit Ghorpade (Savitribai Phule Pune University), Silver: Mohini (Sports University of Haryana), Bronze: Yashika (Lovely Professional University), Pooja (Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University)
Bantam (54kg): Gold: Ruchika (Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani), Silver: Sunita (Maharaja Ganga Singh University), Bronze: Shivani (Sports University of Haryana), Kirti (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar)
Feather (57kg): Gold: Charu Yadav (University of Engineering & Management), Silver: Vinka (Kurukshetra University), Bronze: Sneha Kumari Gupta (Maharaj Suhel Dev State University, Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh), Neha (Guru Kashi University)
Light (60kg): Gold: Nikita Chand (Soban Singh Jeena University), Silver: Vaishnavi Waghmare (Savitribai Phule Pune University, MS), Bronze: Poonam Ramnarayan Kaithwa (Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University), Mitali Kiran Gunjawale (Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil University, Satara)
Light welter (63kg): Gold: Disha Vijay Patil (Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University Jalgaon), Silver: Garima (Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya), Bronze: K. Monisha (University of Madras), Vanshika Singh (University of Rajasthan)
Welter (66kg): Gold: Lalita (Guru Kashi University), Silver: Arshdeep Kaur (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar), Bronze: Sribhavana M (VELS Institute of Science and Advance Studies)
Light middle (70kg): Gold: Saneh (Guru Kashi University) Silver: Komal Mehta (Soban Singh Jeena University), Bronze: Pratibha (Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa), Ananya Choudhary (University of Jammu)
Middle (75kg): Gold: Shweta (Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Rajasthan), Silver: Nisha Kumari (Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani), Bronze: Yogita Chouhan (The Maharaja Bhupinder Singh Punjab Sports University), Khushi (Maharshi Dayanand University)
Light heavy (81kg): Gold: Naina (Baba Mastnath University), Silver: Anjali (Kurukshetra University), Bronze: Ekta (Guru Kashi University), Anjuman Sharma (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University)
Heavy (+81kg): Gold: Ipsita Vikram (Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur), Silver: Vanshika Goswami (Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hills), Bronze: Tashree Menaria (University of Engineering & Management), Mankiratkaur Brar (Punjabi University)
Kabaddi
Women: Gold – Chandigarh University; Silver – Lalit Narayan Mithila University; Bronze – Guru Kashi University, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Vishwavidyalaya
Men: Gold – Lovely Professional University; Silver – Punjabi University; Bronze – Guru Kashi University, Panjab University
Volleyball
Women: Gold – Lovely Professional University; Silver – Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology; Bronze – Chandigarh University
Men: Gold – University of Calicut; Silver – SRM University; Bronze – University of Madras.