PANAJI
A 63-member Goan contingent will participate in 11 disciplines at Khelo India Youth Games in Panchkula, Haryana.
The Goan contingent: Archery - Shreyans Lalit Solanki, Rupal Vinodkumar Patel; Swimming - Aryan Sharma, Devsagar Kaushik, Zidane Iqbal Sayed, Dattaraj Naik, Nigel Mark Raposo, Yash Sanvordekar, Alaqua Britto, Sanjana Prabhugaonkar; Judo - Riyansha Naik, Akhilesh Kushwaha, Sanjana Nabik, Varsha Shivshankar Mishra, Tanisha Shivolkar; Badminton - Lydia Barreto; Boxing - Jessica Karra, Aashreya Naik, Suman Yadav, Sahil Vaidande; Gymnastic - Preet Sawant Desai, Bhoomi Pai Vernekar, Sumit Dhali, Kamakshi Dharwadkar, Swara Godbole; Football - Aditya Talwar, Aston Rodrigues, Brandan Coutinho, Chirag Kouthankar, Eknath Rathod, Francisco Fernandes, Macbon Fernandes, Mackenzie Fernandes, Mahadev Gawade, Maresto Fernandes, Pratik Naik, Pushkar Prabhu, Richard Carvalho, Vithoba Dharne, Wilson Baa, Rahul Chawan, Aniket Kerkar, Manju Malhotra; Yogasana - Manaswi Das, Yashica Chevli, Farzeen Nazeer Zakati, Aashnee Sarmalkar and Niral M Wadekar; Mallakhamb - Sairaj Gaude, Rohit Gaude, Sushant Gaonkar, Nilesh Gaonkar, Tushar Gaude, Rahul Gaonkar, Khushi Satarkar, Ishita Jalmi, Divya Satarkar, Yutika Satarkar, Roycee Rebello and Pradnya Gosavi; Weightlifting - Archita Shirodkar; Shooting - Aditya Sawant.
Goa will compete in archery, badminton, boxing, judo, shooting, swimming, malakhamb, yoga, gymnastics, weightlifting and football at the fourth edition of the Games to be held from June 4-13. The Goa contingent was handed kits by Sports Minister Govind Gaude in the presence SAG Executive Director Ajay Gaude; Deepesh Priolkar, Member Secretary GFDC; Shankar Gaonkar, Director Administration, SAG at the SAG Athletic Stadium Bambolim along with Monica Lobo e Dourado, Asst Director Complexes/Nodal Officer Khelo India, SAG.
