New Delhi: Harshita Jakhar of Rajasthan won two gold medals on the first day of Khelo India Youth Games 2025 Bihar’s cycling matches. 18 -year -old Harshita won 500 meter time trial and 7.5 km scratch race with dominance. Harshita, who won four medals in the 2025 Junior Track Asian Cycling Championships and made it to the target Asian Games Group, took out 38.631 seconds in 500 meter time trial and left behind Maharashtra’s Akanksha Mhatre (38.742) and Tamil Nadu’s S Thabitha (39.454).
At the beginning of the day, Harshita won the first gold medal in the 7.5 km scratch race with a time of 11: 50.973, beating Suhani Kumari of Bihar. Suhani won silver in 11: 51.558 and Mhatre won bronze in 11: 51.649. Harshita said after the medal distribution, “I am happy to win gold with my cousin Aditya Jakhar.”
Host Bihar opened a medal account by winning silver in Suhani Kumari’s 7.5 km scratch race and second silver in Team Sprint. The team consisted of Amrita Kumari, Shalini Kumari and Suhani.
Suhani (17) said, “It is a matter of pride for me to win two medals for Bihar on the first day. I am happy that I started our account. Our victory should inspire everyone. We have done good training and contestants are very good. Playing with them is a new experience.”
Result:
Boys
Time Trial (1000 m): 1Aditya Jakhar (Rajasthan) 1: 06.675; 2. Sahib Pratap Singh Sarkaria (Rajasthan) 1: 08.644; 3. G Sai Charan Yadav (Telangana) 1: 09.056
Scratch Race (10 km): 1. Siddhesh Sarajrao Ghorfade (Maharashtra) 13: 26.584; 2. Mahavir Saran (Rajasthan) 13: 26.601; 3. Thaunaozam Gyananta Singh (Manipur) 13: 27.933
Team Sprint (3 lap): Final: Jharkhand (Arjun Kumar, Nikhil Lohra, Bikash Oraon) 48.868 defeated Manipur (Konghajam Launchba Singh, Thaunaozam Gyananta Singh, Hadrome Suraj Singh) 50.156; Bronze: Andaman-Nicobar (Michael, Ronnie Myslap, Chamberline) 50.471 Rajasthan (Dinesh Gut, Aditya Jakhar, Omprakash Gut) 50.648DefeatedGirls
Time Trial (500 meters): 1. Harshita Jakhar (Rajasthan) 38.631; 2. Akanksha Mhatre (Maharashtra) 38.742; 3. S Thabitha (Tamil Nadu) 39.454
Scratch Race (7.5 km): 1. Harshita Jakhar (Rajasthan) 11: 50.973; 2. Suhani Kumari (Bihar) 11: 51.558; 3. Akanksha Mhatre (Maharashtra) 11: 51.649
Team Sprint (3 lap): Final: Jharkhand (Sabina Kumari, Sanju Kumari, Indus Lata Hembram) 56.283 defeated Bihar (Amrita Kumari, Shalini Kumari, Suhani Kumari) 57.606; Bronze: Tamil Nadu (Jaijyotsna, J Niralamathi, S Thabitha) 57.614 Maharashtra (Akanksha Mahatre, Shravani Kasar, Asavari Anil Non -Ninget) 58.069Defeated
