Khelo India Water Sports: Madhya Pradesh Tops Medal Tally

The Khelo India Water Sports Festival 2025 concluded on August 23 with  Madhya Pradesh being crowned as champions. The state topped the table clinching 18 medals including 10 gold, three silver and five bronze.

Odisha finished second with 10 medals including four golds, five silver and one bronze. Kerala took the third spot in the medal tally with three golds, one silver and three bronzes.

Madhya Pradesh, won all the four kayaking and canoeing gold medals and added six more gold medals on the final day on Saturday to win the team championship at the Khelo India Water Sports Festival with a big margin.

Twenty-four gold medals were on offer at the Khelo India Water Sports Festival 2025. Fourteen were in kayaking and canoeing and 10 in rowing. All races were Olympic events.

Hosts Jammu and Kashmir finished seventh with a gold, a silver and a bronze. 

There was a lot of focus on Shikha Chauhan, Reena Sen and Pallavi Jagtab. Shikha won the kayaking singles slalom gold while Pallavi and Reena bagged gold and bronze, respectively, in canoeing singles.

The first ever Khelo India Water Sports Festival  was held at the iconic Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, from August 21 to 23.

Nearly 400 athletes from all of India’s 36 States and Union Territories were took part. It was the latest feature in the Khelo India initiative of the Indian government to promote sports at grassroot level. 

Khelo India Water Sports Festival 2025 Medal Winners

Canoeing & kayaking

• K1 slalom (men):

1. Hitesh Kewat (Madhya Pradesh) 01.13.07 sec

2. Aanak Chouhan (Gujarat) 01.14.57

3. Vikash Rana (Meghalaya) 01: 17.52

• C1 slalom (women)

1. Pallavi Jagtab (MP) 01.36.30

2. Manasvi Raikwar (Maharashtra) 01.37.44

3. Reena Sen (Uttarakhand) 01.39.59

• C1 slalom (men)

1. Dhruv Raj Dholpuria (MP) 01.27.05

2. Vishal Verma (Uttarakhand) 01.27.62

3. Nagidi Rajesh (Andhra Pradesh) 01.31.54

• K1 kayak slalom (women)

1. Shikha Chauhan (MP) 01.23.60

2. Nagidi Gayathri (Andhra Pradesh) 01.24.98

3. Elizabeth Vincent (Meghalaya) 01.28.95

• K4 500m sprint (men)

1. Balamurali MJ, Aswinkesh VS, Alan Reji and Adarsh P Anil Kumar (Kerala) 01.29.38

2. Harshvardhan Singh Shaktawat, Vishal Dangi, Yashu Vishwakarma and Nishant Rana (Uttarakhand) 01.29.94

3. Ningthoujam Ngangba Singh, Lanthoiba Potshangbam, Konjengbam Nelson Singh and Laiphrakpam Sanatomba Singh (Manipur) 01.32.69

• C2 500m sprint (women)

1. Rasmita Sahoo and Achoibam Sanatombi Devi (Odisha) 02.11.02

2. Pragati Sharma and Dipika Dimar (MP) 02.13.07

3. Salam Chaoba Devi and Ramkanya Dangi (Uttarakhand) 02.14.96

• K4 500m sprint (women)

1. Bidya Devi Oinam, Shruti Tanaji Chougule, Leichonbam Sonia Devi, Konsam Yaiphatombi Devi (Odisha) 01.50.89

2. Swati Sahu, Ashly MK, Karishma Suresh, Pukhrambamroji Devi (Uttarakhand) 01.51.58

3. Dally Bishnoi, Neelu Verma, Rukmani Dangi, Manvi Jat (MP) 01.52.38

Rowing

• Coxless fours (women, 1000m)

1. Angel Mariya Raju, Vismaya Vipin, Trisna Anil Kumar, Meenakshy VS (Kerala) 03.31.50

2. S. Tamil Selvi, Rose Mastica Meril, Rohini Priya, R Bagavathy (Tamil Nadu) 03.33.00

3. Sonali Swain, Anushka Patel, Sonalika Das and Arunprit Kaur (Odisha) 03:33.77

• Coxless fours (men, 1000m)

1. Bhopal Singh, Bhupandar, Kapil, Nitin (Delhi) 02.55.66

2. Shme, Rohit, Sachin, Mohit Kumar (Haryana) 02:58.10

3. Banti Sendhav, Harsh Tomar, Akshay Yadav, Dheeraj Verma (MP) 02:59.49

• Coxless pair (men, 1000m)

1. Vipul Satish Ghurde and Jasmail Singh (Maharashtra) 03:12.13

2. Harshpratap Singh Jat and Devraj Singh (MP) 03: 15.04

3. Navdeep and Hardeep Singh (Telangana) 03:20.26

• Lightweight double scull (women, 1000m)

1. Santosh Yadav and Rukmani (MP) 03:34.26

2. Sweeti and Anshika Bharti (Odisha) 03:38.43

3. Reena Kumari and Kiran Devi (Meghalaya) 03:40.21

• Single scull (men, 1000m)

1. Aviraj (Odisha) 03.27.54

2. Arjun Lal Jat (Delhi) 03.28.68

3. Ajay (Jharkhand) 03.30.34

• Double scull (women, 1000m)

1. Ashwani Kumaran VP and Anna Helan Joseph (Kerala) 03:42.37

2. Bhagyashree Ghule and Gursharanpreet Singh Kaur (Odisha) 03:43.200

3. Vanshika Sahu and Priyanka Chahal (MP) 03:44.20

• Double scull (men, 1000m)

1. Bhupinder Singh and Prithvi Singh Cheema (Punjab) 03.08.63;

2. Arpit Singh and Pankaj Kulhari (Delhi) 03.09.89;

3. Suraj Singh and Rahul Chaudhary (Uttarakhand) 03.10.30

• Coxless pair (women)

1. Manisha Dangi and Jigyasa Regar (MP) 03.40.58;

2. Jasmeen Kaur and Jashanpreet Kaur (Punjab) 03.44.45;

3. Sruthimol Biju and Amala Rose (Kerala) 03.56.22

• Lightweight double scull (men 1000m)

1. Sumit Rathi and Harinath Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 03.11.11

2. Ramanpal Singh and Jaspal Singh (Chandigarh) 03.12.41

3. Sinesh Kumar and Vineet Thalod (Rajasthan) 03.13.89

• Single scull (women)

1. Shweta Brahmachari (West Bengal) 04.00.86

2. Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 04.01.89

3. Yumnam Chengloulembi Devi (Manipur) 04.02.61

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