Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia said that as per the wish of Chief Minister Shri Chouhan, 'Khelo MP Youth Games-2023' will be organised in the month of September. Scindia was reviewing the preparations for the Khelo MP Youth Games with the departmental officers on Tuesday. It is noteworthy that after the success of Khelo India Youth Games held for the first time in Bhopal, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had announced that now 'Khelo MP Youth Games-2023' will be organised.
Scindia said that 'Khelo MP Youth Games' will be held in all 52 districts. Youths under the age of 18 will showcase their talents in 24 sports athletics, basketball, badminton, boxing, football, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho-kho, malkhamb, shooting, swimming, weightlifting, wrestling, table-tennis, yogasan, taekwondo, volleyball, kayaking-canoeing, rowing, fencing, archery, chess and tennis at district, divisional and state level in three phases.
State level athletics and shooting competitions will be held at Sports Complex, TT Nagar. Boxing, Taekwondo, Judo, Fencing, Tennis competitions will be held Bhopal’s TT Nagar Stadium, Kayaking Canoeing and Rowing in Upper Lake and Swimming competitions in Taran Pushkar Bhopal.
Sports Minister Scindia said that men's football will be held at Mulna Stadium in Balaghat, basketball and weightlifting at Indore's Basketball Complex, volleyball at Abhay Prashal, women's football competitions will be held at Emerald Heights School. In Gwalior badminton competitions will be held at the MP Badminton Academy Camp in Gwalior and hockey at the MP Women's Hockey Academy.
Mallakhamb and Yogasana competitions will be held at Sports Complex Ujjain, Kho-Kho and Archery at Ranital Sports Complex (Cricket Stadium) of Jabalpur. Kabaddi competitions will be held at Sports Complex Rewa, table-tennis and chess at Indoor Hall Madhav Nagar, Katni and wrestling at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, Khandwa.
In individual sports, players getting first place will be given 51 thousand, second 31 thousand and third place winner will be given 21 thousand. In team games, the first place winner will be given Rs. 5 lakh, the second place winner Rs. 3 lakh and the third place winner Rs. 2 lakh.
Sports Minister Scindia reviewed the works of the final range under construction at Madhya Pradesh Shooting Academy, Bishankhedi. She said that the final range prepared with the technical assistance of NRAI would meet international standards. Now we will be able to get the world championship done as well. ISSF President Shri Luciano Rossi during his stay in Bhopal had described our shooting academy as the world's most beautiful and well equipped shooting range.
