Anurag Thakur launches official mascot, emblem and jersey of Khelo India Youth Games

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur launched the mascot ‘Dhakad’ together with official emblem and official jersey of the Fourth Khelo India Youth Games at Panchkula on Saturday and lauded the hassle of Haryana to host the video games.

Thakur was accompanied by Haryana Chief Minister ML Khattar, Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala and Haryana sports activities minister Sandeep Singh through the operate. Last week noticed the conclusion of the Khelo India University Games and Thakur was of the view that Haryana will set an instance in internet hosting the fourth version of the Khelo India Youth Games from June 4 to June 13 at Panchkula and different cities.

“The mascot of the games is ‘Dhakad’ and I am sure that these games will also be Dhakad. Khelo India Games are the brainchild of PM Narendra Modi and his vision of how to take India forward in sports. The Khelo India University Games at Bengaluru saw the participation of more than 3,500 players and a total of 7,500 players and officials.”

“The fourth edition of Khelo India Youth Games will see more than 8,500 participating players. While there were two traditional games included in KIUG, we have introduced five traditional games like gatka, thang-ta, kalarippayattu, mallakhamb and yogasana in Khelo India Youth Games. Apart from these, players will showcase their talent in 20 sports disciplines,” stated Thakur through the operate.

धाकड़ हरियाणा, धाकड़ MASCOT #KheloIndia2021 #KIYG2021

|@kheloindia @Media_SAI | pic.twitter.com/pWqii9Ysob

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) May 7, 2022

The video games have been earlier scheduled to occur in October-November final 12 months earlier than they have been postponed to February this 12 months owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. The video games, that are to be held in 25 sports activities disciplines together with 5 indigenous disciplines, might be held in Shahbad, Ambala, Chandigarh, Panchkula and Delhi.

During the launch of the official mascot on Saturday, gamers like Tokyo Paralympics silver medallist Yogesh Kathuniya, boxer Amit Panghal, athlete Manjeet Chahal, shooter Manu Bhaker, archer Ridhi and different gamers have been current.

“In the Khelo India University Games last week, we saw two national records being broken, along with 20 other records. Swimmers Srihari Nataraj and Maana Patel and many more players displayed their talent in Khelo India games and later went on to compete at the world level, including the Olympics. The sports ministry is spending more than Rs 144 crore on the training of 2,300 Khelo India athletes and our endeavour is to provide opportunities to everyone in the country. I am sure that the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games will also see many records being broken with the emergence of new talents. I wish all the players luck for competing in the games,” Thakur added.

5 conventional video games Gatka, Thang-ta, Yogasana, Kalaripayattu, and Mallakhamb might be included within the 4th #KheloIndiaYouthGames to be held in Haryana.

The largest contingent of 8500 gamers will take part on this youth video games

Union Minister @ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/VIzVAGAsnX

— PIB India (@PIB_India) May 7, 2022

खेलो इंडिया यूथ गेम्स या खेलो इंडिया की सोच यह प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी की कल्पना है । खेलों में भारत को आगे कैसे लेकर जाना है।
कोई आयोजन हो या खिलाड़ियों को तराश कर देश के लिए मेडल जीतने की बात, देश में सबसे अव्वल नंबर पर कोई राज्य आता है तो उसका नाम हरियाणा है । pic.twitter.com/gAC2QyCrS8

— Office of Mr. Anurag Thakur (@Anurag_Office) May 7, 2022

Haryana CM ML Khattar urged all of the departments to operate easily with the intention to make the video games a hit. “While the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games were postponed earlier, the extra time has given us more time to prepare. With 28 days remaining in the start of the games, all the infrastructure and preparations have been done and we welcome players from all over the country to give their best. I also urge all the departments along with the sports department to work in tandem and make these games successful,” stated Khattar.

Haryana sports activities minister Sandeep Singh too wished the gamers. “The games are finally happening after the delay due to Covid-19. Khelo India Games instill confidence among players and I thank PM Narendra Modi and union sports minister Anurag Thakur for giving Haryana the opportunity to host such games. This is the first time that Haryana is hosting the national games and we will make sure that it’s a memorable experience for the players as well as the officials,” stated Singh.

The article has been written by Sushant Nepta who’s an intern with the Indian Express