Athletes of J&K Rakesh and Sarita won India’s first Ever Gold at Para Archery World Championship. The duo defeated Brazil’s Charao & Gogel in the GMM of Compound Open Mixed Doubles team event to clinch the title. This is the historic Gold for India.
Wushu contingent participated in Moscow Wushu Stars held at Moscow from 2nd to 8th May 2023. Bhanu Partap Singh, Abhishek Jamwal and Jiya secured 03 Gold Medals respectively, Aman Singh secured Silver and Priyanshu Singh secured Bronze medal.
Youth participation in sports activities has grown significantly throughout UT of J&K over the past two years. Under the slogan “My Youth My Pride,” “Har Din Khel Har Ek ke Liye Khel,” “Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan,” “Azadi ka Amrit Mahaotsuy,” “Jan Abhiyan,” “Calendar of Sports Associations,” and “Regular Coaching Programmes,, ” 53 lakh youth participated in various sports events held at the Panchayat, Block, District, UT, and national levels.
The Khelo India State Centre of Excellence in Fencing and Rowing Discipline is located in the UT’S capital cities and promoting excellence in sports through the use of employees hired through the scheme.
Athletes are taking use of the 91 functional against 100 Small Khelo India Centres that have been established at the District level throughout UT.
18 National level Competitions in 13 Sports Disciplines (Chess, Rowing, Table Tennis, Badminton, Pencak Silat, Wushu, Volleybal, Tennis Ball Cricket, Rollball, Sqay, Curling, Bandy, Snowminton and Winter Sports) and 01 International Competition in Pencak Silat discipline organised in J&K during 2022-23. Whereas 07 National level competitions in 07 sports disciplines (Handball, Arm Wrestling, Thang-Ta, Athletics{North Zone) Tennis-Ball Cricket, Softball and Cricket) organized in J&K during 2023-24 (till 06.12.2023), which provided platform to the Youth of J&K for showcasing their talent and gave peace massage to the World as well as the States / UT’s of the Country. This is the best performance in J&K in terms of hosting National Championships.
2nd Khelo India Winter Games was held at Gulmarg, Kashmir from 26th February to 02nd March,2021 in which 1375 athletes from 27 States / UT’s have participated in which J&K secured 18 Gold, 05 Silver & 34 Bronze medals and took first place in the medal count. Whereas, 3rd Khelo India Winter Games attracted 1500 athletes from 32 States and UTS, were successfully held in Gulmarg from 10th to 14th February 2023, J&K secured 26 Gold, 25 Silver and 25 Bronze medals and remained first in medal tally.
Medal Tally: –
- Due to the availability of indoor and outdoor facilities, J&K athletes have performed admirably at national and international competitions in 2022-23. The athletes won 262 Gold, 228 Silver, & 304 Bronze Medals at the National level & 05 Gold, 02 Silver, & 17 Bronze medals at the International Level in the financial year 2022-23. Whereas, the athletes won 36 Gold, 34 Silver and 47 Bronze medals at National level and 06 Gold, 03 Silver and 04 Bronze medals International level in current financial year (till 06.12.2023).
- Due to the installation of high mass lights, evening sporting activities received a lot of encouragement, sparking intense enthusiasm among young people and attracting spectator attention. The Tulibal Sopore Khushal Stadium is a beautiful example, where the community football event with high mast lights drew more than 20,000 young people for the Industrial Football Cup final. The Srinagar District’s Downtown area, where people play a variety of games until mid-night beneath high mast lights, community activities have had the most success.
- 30,000 number of sports persons represented J&K in National / Zonal level Competitions in the discipline of Athletics, Archery, Arm Wrestling, Badminton, Basketball, Ball Badminton, Boxing, Body Building, Chess, Cycle Polo, Cycling, Carrom, Footbal, Fencing, Gymnastics, Hockey, Handball, Judo, Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Kayaking & Canoeing, Sport Climbing, Netball, Power lifting, Roller Skating, Squash, Swimming, Softbal, Table Tennis, Tenni koit, Tennis-ball Cricket, Thang-Ta, Volleyball, Veteran Athletics, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Skiing, Wushu, Yogaana, Deaf Sports, Baseball, Rugby, Rifle, Roll Ball, Soft Tennis, Pencak Silat, Rowing, Kick Boxing, Sqay Martial Art, Ju-Jitsu, Kalaripayattu, Shooting Ball, Rope Skipping, Silambam, Tennis Volleyball, Gatka, Tug-of-War, Mallakhamb, Arnis, Modern Penthalon, Ice Stock, Para Sports, Ice Skating, and Curling during 2022-23 and 2023-24 (till 01.12.2023).
- Two sportsmen have competed for country in recognized international competitions in the discipline of Gymnastics, Fencing, Wushu, Sports Climbing, Pencak Silat, Water Sports, Para sports, Judo, Chess, Veteran Athletics and roller skating for current financial year. Whereas, 43 Sportsmen have competed for country in recognized international competitions in the discipline of Wushu, Rollball, Roller-skating, Gymnastics, Fencing, Para Archery, Tennikoit, Rifle Shooting and Sports Climbing for current financial year (till 06.12.2023).
Under PMDP Scheme, 08 Junior Coach and 20 Instructor have been engaged on contractual basis to enrolled in the centres to make judicial use of infrastructure. With this recruitment, 25000 athletes across UT will be beneficiary on daily basis and will sustain source of income to the trainers. Further, advertisement notification for recruitment of 31 instructors and Junior Coach has been issued to make utility of sports infrastructure developed across UT.
Due to the creation of a significant hub of sporting facilities in the UT of J&K, attendance of trainees at both outdoor and indoor fields and stadiums has increased significantly.
In the UT of J&K, multisport synthetic turfs have been installed in the sports of volleyball, football, athletics, and hockey, with the potential to elevate J&K youth to the Asian / Olympic podium.
For in-service athletes, LG’s Rolling Trophy in multisport disciplines has been institutionalized to give tension free atmosphere to the in-service athletes.
By installing equipment across 20 districts, five volleyball centres per district, 100 volleyball courts were made operational.
Centres for Water Sports, Fencing and Wushu have been created in Basohli Kathua, Jammu and Srinagar.
To promote sports, yoga parks for athletes and senior persons with health programmes have been created.
There are 02 new tennis courts at M.A. Stadium in Jammu for the budding youth to get acquainted with basic sports facilities. To give the youth in rural, border, and community areas access to the most basic amenities and help them focus their energies in productive ways, 3696 Panchayat-level fields have been built.
Information about projects finished during the year 2022-23 an 2023-24 (till 06.12.2023):
In total, 309 projects, including the following, were finished and delivered during the year:
a) Total of 06 projects under the PMDP Scheme were completed, including the Bakhshi Stadium in Srinagar’s sports facilities, the Multipurpose Indoor Sports Hall in Illahibagh, Handwara, Qoimoh Kulgam, and Doda.
b) Two projects, namely the construction of synthetic hockey turf at Pologround Srinagar and the construction of synthetic hockey turf at K.K. Hakku Stadium Jammu, were finished as part of the Khelo India Scheme.
c) 82 projects, including 18 lighting projects, were finished under the JKIDFC.
d) 198 projects in the Capex Budget for 2022-23 were completed.
