The inaugural version of Khelo India Seashore Video games organised in Could within the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu was a present of blended feelings. The elation of victories paralleled the disappointments of falling brief.
Throughout the open water swimming occasion, which was held beneath hostile climate situations, dad and mom have been apprehensive and have been ready on the shore for his or her competing kids to securely return from the ocean. Their considerations have been drowned within the cheers of native folks, volunteers and supporters for the youngsters.
The video games have been held on the blue-flag licensed Ghoghla Seashore close to Diu city. Over 1,300 athletes from 31 States and Union Territories competed in six occasions — seaside soccer, sepak takraw, pencak silat, open water swimming, seaside volleyball, and seaside kabaddi. Paradoxically, landlocked Manipur got here out because the champions by the sandy shores of Ghoghla.
Aside from the competitors occasions, the hosts additionally put the U.T.’s personal sporting expertise on show on the ultimate day of the video games, demonstrating agility with Mallakhamb — a conventional type of gymnastics; power with tug-of-war; and grit with boxing.
The five-day occasion gave mediapersons rather a lot to cope with as photographers typically needed to cope with undesirable muddle within the background whereas searching for the right body. Others must rival the decibel ranges of booming audio system to get throughout to athletes.
The pure lighting of dawns and dusks made protecting the video games early within the morning or late within the night extremely fascinating, particularly the occasions of seaside kabaddi and sepak takraw, wherein gamers have been type of flying over the sand to attain factors beneath the rising/setting solar spinning its personal internet.
The Video games had its moments regardless of challenges, and the seaside sports activities group will hope that the competitors augurs properly for its future.
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Shashi Shekhar Kashyap
Present of power: Athletes in motion throughout the seaside kabaddi sport. The spirit of the athletes on the Khelo India Seashore Video games was each fierce and joyous.
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Aiming for the web: Seashore soccer groups from Kerala and Maharashtra combat it out.
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Glowing begin: A embellished boat throughout the opening ceremony of the Khelo India Seashore Video games on the Ghoghla Seashore on the Diu Island on Could 19.
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Grabbing eyeballs: A participant from Maharashtra sends the ball again in a seaside volleyball sport.
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Swift strokes: Athletes take part within the 10-km open water swimming competitors.
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Till one wins: Two ladies slug it out on the Pencak Silak competitors.
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Champion of the water: Renukacharya Hodmani, representing Karnataka, secured the highest spot within the males’s class within the 10-km open water swimming contest.
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High-quality stability: Athletes carry out Mallakhamb on the opening ceremony.
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With all their may: The Kerala males’s tug of conflict staff in motion throughout the last match.
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Shashi Shekhar Kashyap
Radiant ending: Artists flip the closing ceremony of the Video games to a celebration of the Union Territory because the aggressive rivalry involves an finish.
Revealed – June 15, 2025 11:35 am IST