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Khelo India Youth Games: Hosts Tamil Nadu and Delhi clinched two gold medals each while Punjab, Gujarat, Chandigarh and Manipur added one each to their tally on the second day of the Khelo India Youth Games 2023 on Sunday.

Navyaa S.H clinched the day’s first gold in girls’ traditional yoga and fencer Arlin A.V bagged the boys' Sabre gold defeating Haryana’s Lakshya Badser 15-14 to take Tamil Nadu’s tally to four gold and two bronze. Delhi jumped to the second spot in the medals tally after their judokas clinched two of the five gold medals on offer and also bagged two silver medals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium.

Tannu Mann defeated statemate Jaanvi Yadav to clinch the girls' 48kg gold while Anurag Sagar added the boys' 55kg top spot by beating Punjab’s Nakul Arora. Deeksha bagged the silver medal in the girls' 44kg category after going down against Ankita N of Gujarat. Chandigarh’s Sapna (girls' 40kg) and Punjab’s Shivansh Vashisht (boys' 50kg) clinched the other gold medals on offer.