{"id":90825,"date":"2020-01-19T01:19:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T19:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=90825"},"modified":"2020-01-19T01:19:41","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T19:49:41","slug":"khelo-india-youth-games-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2020\/01\/19\/khelo-india-youth-games-2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Khelo India Youth Games 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>15-year-old Tario secures 2nd gold for Arunachal; boxers John &amp; Pakba enter semis<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GUWAHATI, Jan 18:<\/strong> Fifteen-year-old weightlifter Markio Tario clinched the second gold medal for Arunachal in the U-21 boys&#8217; -67 kg weightlifting competition in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2020 at Sarusajai Stadium here in Assam on Saturday.<br \/>\nTario lifted a total of 268 kgs (118 in snatch and 150 in clean &amp; jerk) to win the gold. He hails from Tali village in Kra-Daadi district.<br \/>\nBalo Yalam secured the silver medal in the U-17 girls&#8217; -55 kg category. She lifted a total of 153 kgs (67 in snatch and 86 in clean &amp; jerk).<br \/>\nIn the U-21 girls&#8217; -59 kg category, Liza Kamsha won the bronze medal. She lifted a total of 157 kgs (67 in snatch and 90 in clean &amp; jerk).<br \/>\nWeightlifters Ahim Lapung (U-17 boys&#8217; -67 kg) and Posen Kongkan (U-17 girls&#8217; -59 kg) finished at the 6th and the 4th position, respectively.<br \/>\nNotably, representing Rajasthan, weightlifter Boni Mangkhya, from Seppa in East Kameng district of Arunachal, won the gold in the U-17 girls&#8217; -55 kg category.<br \/>\nBoxers Huri John and Taw Pakba have entered the semifinals in their respective categories, thereby assuring medals for the state.<br \/>\nJohn stormed into the semifinals after defeating his opponent from Punjab in the 48-50 kg U-17 boys&#8217; category with a split-decision 3-2 score, while Pakba defeated his opponent from Madhya Pradesh by a score of 5-0 in the 63 kg U-17 boys&#8217; category.<br \/>\nJohn and Pakba will play their semifinal bouts on 20 January.<br \/>\nIn badminton, Nikhil Chetry lost his match against his opponent from Kerala in the U-17 boys&#8217; category in straight sets, 21-14, 21-14.<br \/>\nThe medal tally for Arunachal stands at 2 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze medals as on 18 January.<br \/>\nArunachal has fielded players in archery, athletics, badminton, boxing, judo, table tennis, weightlifting and wrestling in the Khelo India Youth Games 2020.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Khelo India Itanagar informed that \u201clifters Tario and Mangkhya are presently attending the India camp in Patiala, Punjab, to participate in the upcoming Asian Youth (Boys &amp; Girls) and Junior (Men &amp; Women) Weightlifting Championship,\u201d to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 12 to 20 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15-year-old Tario secures 2nd gold for Arunachal; boxers John &amp; Pakba enter semis GUWAHATI, Jan 18: Fifteen-year-old weightlifter Markio Tario clinched the second gold medal for Arunachal in the U-21 boys&#8217; -67 kg weightlifting competition in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2020 at Sarusajai Stadium here in Assam on Saturday. Tario lifted a total [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-90825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}