This was also the second Khelo India Youth Games gold medal for Berhampur lifter Kuldeep, who had bagged his first in the last edition of the Games in Guwahati, Assam in 2020. He had competed in U-17 boys 67kg category in the previous edition.

Punit Chandra Sahu secured the silver medal by finishing second in the mens 96kg category with a total lift of 278kg on June 8. His efforts featured 115kg in snatch and 163kg in clean & jerk.

Punit is a BCom student of KIIT University and trains at Utkal Karate School, Bhubaneswar. He had bagged bronze medal in the 2nd Khelo India University Games in Bengaluru earlier this year.
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TOP: Odisha lifter Kuldeep Sahu poses with his Khelo India Youth Games gold medal in Panchkula, Haryana on 7 June 2022.
RIGHT: Odisha lifter Puneet Chandra Sahu displays his Khelo India Youth Games silver medal in Panchkula, Haryana on 8 June 2022.