Asian Youth Games: Khushi, Ahaana, Chandrika, Anshika bag boxing gold medals

Indian female boxers showed an impressive display at the 2025 Asian Youth Games, winning four gold medals in Manama, Bahrain, on Thursday.

Khushi Chand (46 Kg), Ahaana Sharma (50 Kg), Chandrika Pujari (54 Kg), and Anshika (80+ Kg) won their respective finals in a dominating fashion to clinch the gold medals.

Khushi and Chandrika delivered commanding victories over their Chinese (4-1) and Uzbekistani (5-0) opponents, while Ahaana inflicted three standing counts to secure a first-round RSC win against the North Korean boxer.

In the boys' category, India's only finalist Lanchenba Singh Moibungkhongbam settled for the silver medal after losing his bout 0-5 to Kazakhstan's Zhumagali Nurmakhan.

India had two more boxing finals in the evening session, where Harnoor Kaur (66Kg) settled for a silver medal. Meanwhile, Anshika (80+ Kg) clinched the gold medal with a 5-0 win against Kazakhstan's Elnura Kongyrat.

Three gold medals for India at Beach Wrestling 

India had a brilliant outing at the sport of beach wrestling as all five wrestlers reached finals of their respective categories and won 3 Gold, 2 Silver medals.

Sani Fulmali (60Kg Boys), Arjun Ruhil (90 Kg Boys), and Anjali (55 Kg Girls) clinch gold medals. Meanwhile, Sujay Tanpure (70Kg Boys), Ravinder (80 Kg Boys) settled for silver medals.

India wins medals in Judo, Weightlifting and Swimming

India also opened its medal tally in Judo, where Monika Khuyenthem (64 Kg) clinched the silver medal despite a tough loss to Indonesian Judoka, Sashenka Fatimah on Ippon.

On the other hand, Harshit became the first Indian male judoka to medal at the Asian Youth Games with a win against Jordan's Haytham Adawi on a Waza-Ari in the Boys 73Kg bronze medal match.

Later in the day, the weightlifter Parv Choudhary clinched the Boys' 94 Kg Clean and Jerk bronze medal with a lift of 181 Kg on his second attempt.

To conclude a remarkable campaign on a positive note, Tirthank Pegu clinched India's sole swimming medal of the edition by winning a silver medal in Boys' 200m butterfly, clocking 2:02.56s.

Thanks to an outstanding showing on the last day, India has taken a big jump on the medal tally, entering the top 6 with the best-ever tally of 48 medals - 13 Gold, 18 Silver, 17 Bronze medals.