Try GOLD - Free
KIIT-DU Emerges as Top Indian Institution at World University Games 2025 with Historic Medal Haul
The Morning Standard
|July 29, 2025
Making waves at the just concluded World University Games 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, KIIT-DU emerged as the highest-medalling Indian institution, significantly contributing to India's best-ever performance at the global multi-sport university competition.
-
On a single day, student-athletes from KIIT clinched five medals—three Silver and two Bronze—helping India rise to 20th position in the final medal standings with a total of 12 medals, doubling the country's tally from the previous edition.
For KIIT, Ankita won Silver medal in 3000m Steeplechase; Praveen Chithravel won Silver medal in Triple Jump and Seeman won Silver medal in 5000m Final. The Men's 4x100m Relay Team won Bronze while the Women's 20km Race Walk Team won Bronze as well. Abinash Mohanty won Bronze medal in Badminton.
This story is from the July 29, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
MORE STORIES FROM The Morning Standard
The Morning Standard
Collective security key to sovereignty: Rajnath
DEFENCE Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reaffirmed India’s stance in the Indo-Pacific, stressing that its emphasis on the “rule of law” does not target any country but seeks to protect regional interests collectively.
1 min
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
A man's resolve to give 900 schools a facelift bears fruit
From procuring furniture for schools to implementing schemes, he went the extra mile to fix education, writes Namita Bajpai
2 mins
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
When the Forest Stares Back
A nocturnal trail in Sri Lanka's Sigiriya shows how humans can coexist with wildlife
2 mins
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Worn, Weathered, and Wonderful
From forgotten antiques to curated treasures, RARA by Arshiya Singhvi brings history back to life
2 mins
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
SC: Don’t want to pass order which may hurt Russia ties
EXPRESSING serious concerns over a lack of concrete response from the Russian Embassy on the whereabouts of a Russian woman, who has reportedly fled to her country with her four-year-old child, the Supreme Court recently observed that it did not want to pass any order which could hurt India-Russia relationship.
1 mins
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
S'pore submits Zubeen's autopsy, toxicology reports
THE Assam Police have received crucial postmortem and toxicology reports of music icon Zubeen Garg from Singapore authorities.
1 min
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
HC seeks SOPs for cellphone use in open jail
THE Delhi High Court has directed the Director General (Prisons) to frame and notify a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) governing the use and access of mobile phones by inmates lodged in open prisons.
1 min
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
The Alpha School Project: A Daring Innovation
The Alpha Schools enterprise is a highly innovative experiment in school education in the US that commenced in 2014 based essentially on the use of AI. It is a bold departure from the traditional.
2 mins
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
Connect Before You Correct
Facts rarely change minds; warmth does. Connection disarms defensiveness, turning resistance into willingness to learn
3 mins
November 02, 2025
The Morning Standard
A Dam Good Weekend
Punekars have a new getaway, and it's not Goa or Karjat, but quiet waters just outside the city
2 mins
November 02, 2025
Listen
Translate
Change font size