Asian Youth Games 2025: Indian kabaddi team sweep gold medals in marquee event

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In the Asian Youth Games 2025, India clinched the gold medal in Kabaddi in Manama, Bahrain. The boys and girls` teams topped in their respective events at the Isa Sports City.

Both teams defeated Iran in their respective finals. In the boys` match, India faced several challenges, but managed to defeat Iran by 35-32. The boys were unbeaten throughout the group stage matches, as they managed to secure wins over Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, Bahrain, and Thailand.

On the other hand, girls managed to secure a dominating victory by 75-21. They also managed to finish the group stage with an unbeaten record. The Indian girls` team defeated Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Iran. The top two position holders in the group standings after round-robin matches earned a shot at gold in the final.

Earlier in the event, India added a couple of bronze medals in taekwondo. The side also managed to secure silver and bronze medals in athletics. Debasish Das stormed into the semi-finals of the boys` individual recognised poomsae event. He defeated Bangladesh`s Tahib Hossan Osman and Mongolia`s Amar Amgalan in the round of 16 and quarter-finals, respectively.

In the semi-finals, Debaish endured a heartbreaking defeat at the hands of Gao Zixuan of the People`s Republic of China, settling for bronze. In the mixed pair recognised poomsae event, Yashwini Singh and Shivanshu Patel clinched bronze after losing to Thailand in the penultimate round.

Ranjana Yadav opened India`s medal account in athletics as she clocked 24:25.88s to finish behind China`s Liu Shiyi (24:15.27s) in the girls` 5000m walk event to claim silver. India`s Riya Rathore occupied the fourth spot in the same event. Jasmine Kaur bagged a bronze in the girls` shot put with a 14.86m throw. Shourya Ambure struck silver in the girls` 100m hurdles with a personal best effort of 13.73m.

After the recent success in the Asian Youth Games 2025, India now has a tally of 10 medals, which includes two gold, three silver and five bronze medals. A total of 222 Indian athletes have participated in the Asian Youth Games 2025, and the event is set to conclude on October 31.

(With ANI Inputs)

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