NYSF technical committee members Umang Dawn (Athlete and Director of Technical Committee), Sanjay Malpani (Convener of Technical Committee) and other technical committee members have tirelessly worked with 20 experts from different states on developing the rulebook.

Judges from across the country who are a part of the National Yogasana Sports Championships have been given training on this rulebook so as to ensure that the marking of each competition is transparent, objective and fair. Detailed guidelines have been given for awarding points in accordance with parameters such as holding, mounting, dismounting, toe and hand pointing, etc.

Talking about the structure of National Yogasana Sports Championships, NYSF Secretary General Dr Jaideep Arya said “The championships have been structured in line with modern sports competitions and they are equipped with cutting-edge technology.

To make judging transparent, specially designed software is being used to record scores in an anonymous and unbiased system.Live score sheets are displayed and athletes, coaches, and parents can also view these scores on real-time basis on their mobile phones.

Work is underway to revolutionize the judging and scoring system with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Biometrics. Skeleton scans for each posture would be recorded and matched with the contestant for scoring purposes in the future,’’ he elaborated.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra yogasana athletes continued their complete dominance by bagging all four gold and silver medals in artistic pair events. The four bronze medals were shared by Karnataka, Pondicherry, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal.

RESUTLS (Final Rankings):

ARTISTIS PAIR:
Sub-Junior Girls: 1. Devanshi Wakale-Tripti Dongare (Maharashtra), 2. Yuganka Rajam-Vaidehi Mayekar (Maharashtra), 3. Neha Koorse-Niharika R (Karnataka), 4. Ranjana M-Manimuhila A (Pondicherry), 5. Shreya Bhattacharjee-Naisha Sarkar (Jharkhand), 6. Niral Wadekar-Aashnee Bhat Sarmalkar (Goa), 7. Kamakshi Dharwadkar-Rashmi Navelkar (Goa), 8. Shuvashree Nag-Himadrija Ray Basunia (WB), 9. Mishka-Eesha (Haryana), 10. Vaishali Kaurav-Navya Tiwari (MP), 11. Ayesa Priyadarsini-Somyashri Patra (Odisha).

Sub-Junior Boys: 1. Nibodh Patil-Aryan Kharat (Maharashtra), 2. Nanak Abhang-Ansh Mayekar (Maharashtra), 3. Vishnu-Taran B (Pondicherry), 4. Somyodeep Nath-Pratik Majumder (Tripura), 5. Shivanand Kundagol-Varun Kurahatti (Karnataka), 6. Kaustub S Rao-Pranav Nadig (Karnataka), 7. Akshay Patil-Karan Joshi (Gujarat), 8. Shaunak Barajankar-Arush Gaonkar (Goa), 9. Rudra Narayan Mishra-S Lalit Kumar Reddy (Odisha), 10. K Aswanth-BN Sudharsana Priyan (Tamil Nadu), 11. Vasudev-Rachit (Rajasthan).

Junior Girls: 1. Rudrakshi Bhave-Tanvi Redij (Maharashtra), 2. Geeta Shinde-Mrunali Banait (Maharashtra), 3. Nishtha Godbole-Riya (MP), 4. Susmita Hira-Sanchita Hira (WB), 5. Petra Shivani G-M Rithika (Tamil Nadu), 6. Tamanna-Cheshta (Rajasthan), 7. Yuvalakshmi GK-Yuvasri GK (Tamil Nadu), 8. Arpita Swain-Rojalin Behera (Odisha), 9. Nandini Dhiman-Laxmi Sharanayya Ilakal (Goa).

Junior Boys: 1. Om Rajbhar-Preet Borkar (Maharashtra), 2. Jay Kalekar-Rupesh Sange (Maharashtra), 3. Avarjit Saha-Sayan Debnath (WB), 4. Sagar Ranga-Gaurav (Haryana), 5. Prabhakar Singh-Prakash Kumar Sahu (Chhattisgarh), 6. Soham Patkar-Rafiq Karadagi (Goa), 7. Pankaj-Chetan (Haryana), 8. Aditya Jadhav-Ram Vaishnav (MP), 9. Lakshit J-Sabari Saran A (Tamil Nadu), 10. Binaya Sai Panda-Pradeep Kumar Mohapatra (Odisha), 11. Satyam Tosniwal-Sanju Ghodgeri (Karnataka).
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PICS: Young yogasana athletes perform in artistic pair events at the National championship in Bhubaneswar on 12 November 2021.