Jharkhand’s Shiv Kumar and Prithvi Oraon emerge fastest man and woman at KITG

Shiv Kumar Soren and Prithvi Oraon, both from Jharkhand, were crowned the fastest men and women athletes in the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Tribal Games 2026 at the Kreeda Parisar ground in Jagdalpur on Tuesday.

Further, Siddharth Nagesh clinched a shotput gold and discus throw silver while Tilak Barsel bagged the men’s 100m silver for hosts Chhattisgarh.

Shiv Kumar and Prithvi led their 100m races respectively from start to finish, to capture the golden double for their state. Shiv Kumar clocked a time of 10.58s while Barsel finished the race in 10.87sec to clinch the silver medal. Odisha’s Atish Kindo (10.91s) took the bronze medal.

Jharkhand’s Prithvi Oraon clocked her best time ever to clinch the gold, stopping the clock at 12.73s. Nagaland’s Ruduolhounuo Belho (12.90s) and Putul Bakshi of Jharkand (13.03s) took home the silver and bronze medals respectively

In the women’s 100m final, 16-year-old Prithvi clocked her best time ever to clinch the gold, stopping the clock at 12.73s. Nagaland’s Ruduolhounuo Belho (12.90s) and Putul Bakshi of Jharkand (13.03s) took home the silver and bronze medals respectively.

“I was confident of winning a medal as I had done well in the selection trials for the Games. Today, I focused on giving my best and I am happy that I could set my personal best time,” said Prithvi after the race.

Siddharth bags gold and silver

For the hosts, Siddharth Nagesh began the day with a silver medal in men’s discus throw with a distance of 35.56m. Gujarat’s Danish Makvana bagged the gold with a throw of 44.83m while Chandray Murmu of Odisha (33.97m) won the bronze.

Siddharth Nagesh won the shotput gold and took home a silver in the discus event for the hosts Chhattisgarh

In the evening session, he went one step further by grabbing the shot-put gold with a distance of 13.52m. Danish Makvana got the silver with a throw of 13.04m.

Chhattisgarh meet Jharkhand in football final

Hosts Chhattisgarh also reached the women’s football final beating Arunachal Pradesh in a penalty shootout. Chhattisgarh are now in 10^th place in the medals tally with two gold, seven silver and four bronze medals. Chhattisgarh will now take on Jharkhand in the summit clash after the latter defeated Gujarat 9-0 in a dominant show.

Karnataka continue to lead the medals tally with 19 gold, seven silver and seven bronze while Odisha are second with 13 gold, eight silver and 15 bronze medals. Jharkhand jumped to the third spot in the overall rankings after adding the women’s 4x100m gold and men’s 77kg Greco Roman gold to take their tally to seven gold, two silver and five bronze. Abhishek Munda bagged the gold medal beating Himachal Pradesh’s Arfan at Ambikapur.

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With last evening’s athletics session cancelled due to unseasonal rains in Jagdalpur, it was a packed morning session with seven finals and the long jump final kept the spectators at the edge of their seats.

Fathah wins long jump gold for Lakshadweep

It was Abdul Fathah who had the last laugh in a keen contest with Bhima Sardar of Odisha as the 26-year-old became the first long jumper from Lakshadweep to clear the 7m mark. He leaped to a distance of 7.03 in the final attempt to clinch the gold medal with Bhima taking home silver with an effort of 6.96m. Odisha’s Jivan Bilung bagged the bronze medal with a distance of 6.95m.

Abdul Fathah became the first long jumper from Lakshadweep to clear the 7m mark. He leaped to a distance of 7.03 in the final attempt to clinch the gold medal

On the track, the men’s 400m final witnessed a photo-finish but Odisha’s Nobal Kumar Kissan’s last-ditch dive at the finish line was not enough for him to beat eventual champion Santoshbhai Ganvit of Gujarat. Ganvit clocked a time of 49.332 seconds while Nobal finished second with a time of 49.335s. Karnataka’s Ramu took the bronze with a time of 49.60s.

Nagalakshmi wins gold, Dattu clinches silver while Jadhav and Raju win bronze at KITG

Manasi Kunkalka opened Goa’s gold medal account by winning the women’s Shot Put gold with a distance of 9.72m. Bihar’s Anamika Gond (9.50m) and Meghalaya’s Melibadkro (9.43m) took home silver and bronze medals respectively.

Results:

Athletics: Women (100m): 1. Prithvi Oraon (Jharkhand) 12.73s; 2. Ruduolhounuo Belho (Nagaland) 12.90s; 3. Putul Baksi (Jharkhand) 13.03s.

100m hurdles: 1. Basanti Majhi (Odisha) 16.20s; 2. Kabita Tadingi (Odisha) 16.81s; 3. Rathva Somsingh (Gujarat) 16.94s.

400m: 1. Reethushree (Karnataka) 58.63s; 2. Adithya KM (Kerala) 1:00.07s; 3. Chintamani Tuti (Jharkhand) 1:00.76s.

4x100m: 1. Jharkhand 50.31s; 2. Odisha 51.11s; 3. Maharashtra 54.00s.

Discus throw: 1. Muskan Lobi (Gujarat) 32.29m; 2. Apiksha Gamit (Gujarat) 31.52m; 3. Krishnamoni Pegu (Assam) 29.95m.

Shot put: 1. Manasi Kunkalka (Goa) 9.72m; 2. Anamika Gond (Bihar) 9.50m; 3. Melibadkro (Meghalaya) 9.43m.

Men (100m): 1. Shiv Kumar Soren (Jharkhand) 10.58s; 2. Tilak Barsel (Chhattisgarh) 10.87s; 3. Atish Kindo (Odisha) 10.91s.

110m hurdles: 1. Troilukya Mosrong (Assam) 15.85s; 2. Sapavath Dattu (Telangana) 16.65s; 3. Hari Mohan Tripura (Tripura) 16.82s.

400m: 1. Santoshbhai Ganvit (Gujarat) 49.332s; 2. Nobal Kumar Kissan (Odisha) 49.335s; 3. Ramu (Karnataka) 49.60s.

4x100m: 1. Odisha 41.97s; 2. Jharkhand 42.29s; 3. Gujarat 43.44s.

Long jump: 1. Abdul Fathah (Lakshadweep) 7.03m; 2. Bhima Sardar (Odisha) 6.96m; 3. Jivan Bilung (Odisha) 6.95m.

High jump: 1. Sagar Ekka (Odisha) 1.94m; 2. Vaibhav Gaonkar (Goa) 1.91m; 3. Hemanta Khadia (Odisha) 1.80m.

Discus throw: 1. Danish Makvana (Gujarat) 44.83m; 2. Siddharth Nagesh (Chhattisgarh) 35.56m; 3. Chandray Murmu (Odisha) 33.97m.

Shot put: 1. Siddharth Nagesh (Chhattisgarh) 13.52m; 2. Danish Makvana (Gujarat) 13.04m; 3. Manas Pratim Rabha (Assam) 12.20m.

Football (semifinals): Women: Chhattisgarh beat Arunachal Pradesh 2-2 (4-3 on penalties); Jharkhand beat Gujarat 9-0.

Wrestling: Women 57kg: 1. Nagalaxmi (Telangana); 2. Shalina Siddhi (Karnataka); 3. Amulya Kundargi (Karnataka).

68kg: 1. Prinsita Siddi (Karnataka); 2. Elizabeth Rohlupuii (Mizoram); 3. Lilaben Chavda (Gujarat), Balkesh Kumari Meena (Rajasthan).

Men 57kg FS: 1. Ajit Bhuyan (Odisha); 2. Paras Bidkar (Maharashtra); 3. Vicky Uike (Maharashtra), Abdul Khan (Himachal Pradesh).

86kg FS: 1. Sumit Thakur (Himachal Pradesh); 2. Bahadur Khan (J&K); 3. Shabbir Khan (Himachal Pradesh).

77kg GR: 1. Abhishek Munda (Jharkhand); 2. Arfan (Himachal Pradesh); 3. Charan Jadhav (Telangana), Inzamam (J&K).

130kg GR:  1. Shiva Bhalavi (Madhya Pradesh); 2. Diler Khan (J&K); 3. Tara Raju (Telangana).