Around 4,700 athletes, including 2,262 girls, will participate in the Khelo India Youth Games, starting Saturday.
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The Tau Devi Lal complex here has been decorated for the grand opening ceremony.
It will be the center of action as well as being held in several newly constructed multipurpose halls across 25 disciplines.
Popular sports that take place here include athletics, football, badminton, table tennis, kabaddi, handball, wrestling, volleyball, boxing and five indigenous sports.
Four other cities – Ambala (gymnastics, swimming), Shahabad (hockey), Chandigarh (archery and football) and New Delhi (cycling and shooting) – will also host some of the disciplines.
For the first time, all 36 states and union territories are participating in this edition of Khelo India Youth Games, with host Haryana fielding the largest contingent of 398 athletes.
Defending champions Maharashtra is fielding the second largest contingent with 357 athletes, while Delhi will have 339. Andaman and Nicobar is sending the smallest squad of all cyclists, while Ladakh will claim seven.
The glamor discipline of athletics will see the maximum participation with 392 entries across various events.