All preparations have been completed for the Khelo India University Games, KIUG beginning in Rajasthan tomorrow. The fifth edition of the games will be held in 7 cities of Rajasthan from November 24. The host cities are Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Kota and Bharatpur. The 12-day event will feature 23 medal sports and one demonstration sport – Kho-Kho. Nearly 5,000 athletes from across the country and more than 7,000 total participants will take part in these events. Extensive preparations have been made to make this first-ever KIUG in Rajasthan a grand, historic, and successful.
The medal sports this year include archery, athletics, badminton, basketball, boxing, fencing, football, hockey, judo, kabaddi, mallakhamb, rugby, shooting, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling and yogasana with cycling, beach volleyball, canoeing and kayaking being introduced in the games for the first time.
