The Khelo India Winter Games 2025 males’s ice-hockey last on Monday can be a repeat of final yr’s gold medal-round match. On Sunday, Indian Army obtained the higher of hosts UT-Ladakh 2-1 whereas ITBP defeated Himachal Pradesh 3-1 to set a mouth-watering title conflict on the NDS Stadium advanced.
The penultimate day of the primary leg of the Khelo India Winter Games 2025 introduced blended outcomes for hosts Ladakh whilst Maharashtra went previous Telangana and Karnataka on the medal tally. With a gold, a silver and a bronze from their skaters on Sunday, Maharashtra lead the standings with eight medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze).
Ladakh skaters began the day on a vivid be aware on the NDS Stadium. In the 1000m quick monitor for girls, Skarma Tsultim (2:17.91 sec) and Padma Angmo (2:21.13 sec) did a Ladakh one-two leaving Madhya Pradesh’s Udreka Singh (2:22.74 sec) third. Skarma’s maiden KIWG gold was Ladakh’s second this yr.
With a complete of 4 medals (2 gold and a couple of silvers), Ladakh are joint second within the medal standings with Tamil Nadu, which received two golds – ladies’s relay and males’s 500m lengthy monitor — on Sunday.
Maharashtra skaters received a gold (males’s relay), a silver (ladies’s relay) and a bronze (males’s 500 lengthy monitor) on Sunday. Karnataka didn’t win any medal right now however Tamil Nadu received each gold (Avikshit Vijay Viswanath) and silver (Selvakumar Muthukumar) at Gupuks Pond the place the boys’s 500 lengthy monitor race was held.
In the afternoon session, Indian Army turned the primary crew to enter the ultimate of the boys’s ice hockey competitors. The defending champions warded off a stiff problem from hosts Ladakh to win a thriller 2-1.
In one other full home on the NDS Stadium, the Army vs Ladakh was such a fiercely contested encounter. Tempers usually ran excessive as Ladakh loved great residence help however the younger Army males from the Ladakh Scouts Regimental centre backed their crew to the hilt with trademark enthusiasm.
Much to the delight of the house followers, Ladakh opened the scoring within the thirteenth minute of the primary interval by way of Stanzin Lotus. The Army crew, which suffered a 3-1 defeat in opposition to ITBP in a league match on Saturday, took time to cool down and confronted a number of shut calls.
The second interval produced no objectives however Ladakh let in two delicate objectives in lower than a minute within the third and last interval to permit Army take management of the match. Army performed higher as a crew because the objectives scored by Sherap Zangmo (thirty second minute) and Tsewang Chorol (thirty third minute) got here off fast assists within the scoring zone.
The second interval produced no objectives however Ladakh let in two delicate objectives in lower than a minute within the third and last interval to permit Army take management of the match. Army performed higher as a crew because the objectives scored by Sherap Zangmo (thirty second minute) and Tsewang Chorol (thirty third minute) got here off fast assists within the scoring zone.
DAY 4 RESULTS (Jan 26)
Ice hockey outcomes: Men’s semi-finals: Indian Army beat UT Ladakh 2-1; ITBP beat Himachal Pradesh 3-1.
(Women round-robin league): ITBP beat Himachal Pradesh 10-0.
ICE SKATING (all finals)
1000m quick monitor (ladies):
1. Skarma Tsultim (Ladakh) 2:17.91 secs
2. Padma Angmo (Ladakh) 2:21.13
3. Udreka Singh (MP) 2:22.74 sec.
Relay (ladies):
1. Tamil Nadu (S. Memalokshini, Kalpana Kutappa, Anusri Suresh, Rhea Arun (3:43.62 secs)
2. Maharashtra (3:44.07)
3. Telangana (4:00.90 sec)
Relay (males):
1. Maharashtra (Sumit Tapkir, Atharva Pardeshi, Vyom Sawant, Ishaan Darvekar) 3:07.90 secs
2. Telangana 3:11.85 secs
3. Haryana 3:37.02 sec.
500m lengthy monitor (males):
1. Avikshit Vijay Viswanath (TN) 00.51.45 sec
2. Selvakumar Muthukumar (TN) 00.54.03
3. Pruthviraj Vinode (Maharashtra) 1:01.80 sec.
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