Nagaland sepaktakraw team win 4 medals at Khelo India Youth Games 2025

• 

  
  

• The Nagaland sepaktakraw team being felicitated on their arrival in Nagaland. (EM Images)

• 
  

• DIMAPUR — The Nagaland sepaktakraw medal winners at the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2025 in Bihar were accorded a warm welcome by the Chakhro Viswema Union, Dimapur District Sports Council, Nagaland Sepaktakraw Association, and the Department of Youth Resources & Sports, on their arrival at Dimapur Airport on Monday.
• 
  
• The sepaktakraw event at the Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) 2025 was held from May 5 to 10 in Patna, Bihar, where the Nagaland sepaktakraw team secured one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals.
• 
  
• Interacting with media persons, head coach of the Nagaland sepaktakraw team, Holshe Khrieo, expressed gratitude to the Department of Youth Resources & Sports and well-wishers for their unwavering support.
• 
  
• Khrieo shared that at the KIYG 2025, the Nagaland sepaktakraw girls’ team secured a gold medal in the doubles event, while the men’s team won a silver medal in the regu event and two bronze medals in the quad and team events.

Also view:

• 
  
• He also mentioned that, for the first time, the Nagaland team defeated the Manipur team in the regu semi-final, but narrowly lost to Delhi in a tie-breaker during the final, settling for the silver medal.
• 
  
• The head coach stated that the KIYG is a very important event as it provides a platform to identify talented athletes in various disciplines, with 1,000 athletes selected nationwide each year, who will receive a scholarship of INR 5 lakh annually for eight consecutive years.