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  KIB Games: Odisha pencak silat athletes bag five medals
11 Jan 2026
 

Pencak silat athletes contributed the most number of five medals to help Odisha secure eighth position in the 2nd Khelo India Beach Games, which was held at Ghoghla Beach in Diu from 5 to 10 January 2026. Odisha bagged a total of seven medals, which featured two gold, one silver and four bronze.

Beach pencak silat gave Odisha one gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Odisha bagged one gold in beach soccer and one bronze in beach sepak takraw. Piyu Das, Basundhara Tandi and Umabati Patra captured the pencak silat gold medal in womens regu team event, while Sohil Gurung secured the silver medal in men standing 60kg category.

 

Piyu Das also claimed one bronze medal in womens tanding 65kg category. Other two bronze medals in pencak silat were pocketed by Rudra Pratap Sadangi in mens tanding 90kg weight class and the mens regu team, comprising Rahul Sa, Sonu Semlia and Anshuman Bhowmick.

Odisha won the beach sepak takraw bronze medal in womens regu team event. The six-member Odisha women team consisted of A Srabani, Itishree Samal, Simran Ekka, Raimani Tudu, Gayatri Sahoo and Madhusmita Behera.

Karnataka topped the medal tally with three gold, two silver and six bronze to win the overall crown. Tamil Nadu finished second with three gold, two silver and three bronze while last edition winners, Manipur finished third with three gold, two silver and two bronze.

The Khelo India Beach Games 2026, organised by the Union Territory of Dadra and NagarHaveli and Daman & Diu, was held under the technical supervision of the Sports Authority of India and national sports federations.

The second edition of Khelo India Beach Games witnessed over 1100 participants compete in eight different sports -- volleyball, soccer, sepaktakraw, kabaddi, pencak silat, Open water swimming, mallakhamb and tug-of-war. The first six were medal sports and 32 gold medals were decided.
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TOP: Players of Odisha womens pencak silat regu team, (L-R) Basundhara Tandi, Umabati Patra and Piyu Das pose with their gold medal at the 2nd Khelo India Beach Games in Diu on 8 January 2026.

RIGHT: Odisha pencak silat athlete Sohil Gurung poses with his silver medal at the 2nd Khelo India Beach Games in Diu on 9 January 2026.

 
   

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