Prayagraj’s flag hoisted in Uttar Pradesh State Level Gymnastics Championship
Prayagraj: The closing and prize distribution ceremony of the 43rd Uttar Pradesh State Gymnastics Championship 2026, which had been going on for the past three days in the International Gymnastics Hall located in the premises of Khelgaon Public School, concluded with great enthusiasm on Wednesday on the third and final day of the competitions. Nearly 800 gymnasts from various districts of Uttar Pradesh participated in this competition along with their coaches and team managers.
The chief guest at closing ceremony was Dr. UK Mishra, founder of the Presidential Award-winning Khelgaon Public School. Congratulating the winning participants, school founder Dr. UK Mishra said that only hard work can achieve any goal. He also noted that Khelgaon Public School is constantly setting new records in both education and sports.
Following are the results of some of the major events held on the third day of the 43rd Uttar Pradesh State Level Gymnastics Competition.
FIG Junior Boys Artistic Gymnastics Competition: In the all-round individual event – Soham Sagar Atre of Prayagraj got first place with 65.40 points, Devansh Gautam of Prayagraj got second place with 65.15 points and Ashutosh Prajapati of Sports Hostel Agra got third place with 55.20 points.
In the Pommel Horse event, Hrigu Srivastava of Prayagraj got the first position with −11.35 points, Prasun Ghosh of Prayagraj got the second position with 10.70 points and Shabab Ali of Sports Hostel Agra got the third position with 9.55 points.
In the floor exercise event – Soham Sagar Atre of Prayagraj got first place with 12.20 points, Abhigyan Singh of Prayagraj got second place with 12.15 points and Lakshya Rathi of Sports Hostel Agra got third place with 12.05 points.
In Still Rings event – Soham Sagar Atre of Prayagraj got first position with 11.65 points, Devansh Gautam of Prayagraj got second position with 10.00 points and Ashutosh Prajapati of Sports Hostel Agra got third position with 7.95 points.
In Parallel Bars event – Luv from Prayagraj got first position with 11.80 points, Sanket Yadav from Prayagraj got second position with 11.05 points and Gurpreet Rathi from Sports Hostel Agra got third position with 10.05 points.
At the Horizontal Bar event: Soham Sagar Atre of Prayagraj got first place with 11.10 points and 11.90 points respectively. Rajvansh Yadav of Prayagraj got second place and Ashutosh Prajapati of Sports Hostel Agra with 8.90 points got third place.
Artistic Gymnastics Competition for Boys (Grade-3 in Age): In the all-round individual event – Akshat Kumar of Prayagraj secured first place with 47.15 points, Vedant Tripathi of Gautam Buddha Nagar secured second place with 42.65 points and Shivaay Singh of Prayagraj secured third place with 41.95 points. In the floor exercise event, Akshat Kumar of Prayagraj secured first place with 8.60 points, Bhavya Maheshwari of Ghaziabad secured second place with 8.45 points and Manvit Pandey of Prayagraj secured third place with 8.40 points.
In the Pommel Horse event – Vedant Tripathi of Gautam Buddha Nagar got the first position with 7.15 points, Akshat Kumar and Shivaay Singh of Prayagraj got the second position with 7.10 points. In the Still Rings event – Akshat Kumar from Prayagraj secured first place with 8.95 points, Vedant Tripathi from Gautam Buddha Nagar secured second place with 7.35 points and Shivaay Singh from Prayagraj secured third place with 7.15 points. In the Vaulting Table event – Shivansh Kumar from Prayagraj secured first place with 9.25 points, Daksh Singh and Hardik Dubey from Prayagraj secured second place with 9.10 points and Ekaaksha Singh from Lucknow secured third place with 8.50 points.
In the Parallel Bars event – Shaurya Gupta of Prayagraj secured first place with 6.05 points, Parth Mishra of Prayagraj secured second place with 5.15 points and Vedant Tripathi of Gautam Buddha Nagar secured third place with 3.70 points. In the Horizontal Bar event – Akshat Kumar of Prayagraj secured first place with 8.70 points, Manvit Pandey of Prayagraj secured second place with 8.15 points and Vedant Tripathi of Gautam Buddha Nagar secured third place with 8.05 points.
Artistic Gymnastics Competition for Boys (Grade-4 in Age) – In the all-round individual event – Advik Sharma of Gautam Buddha Nagar got first place with 56.55 points, Divik Mishra of Gautam Buddha Nagar got second place with 55.68 points and Shivaay Shivhare of Prayagraj got third place with 55.60 points.
In the floor exercise event, Advik Sharma of Gautam Buddha Nagar and Virat Kumar Chaudhary of Prayagraj got first place with 9.95 points, Shivaay Shivhare and Abhiudaya Kanaujia of Prayagraj got third place with 9.90 points.
In Pommel Horse event – Shivay Shivhare from Prayagraj got first place with 9.60 points, Divik Mishra from Gautam Buddha Nagar got second place with 9.50 points and Advik Sharma from Gautam Buddha Nagar got third place with 9.45 points.
In Still Rings event – Ayushman Dwivedi of Prayagraj got first place with 10.00 points, Advik Sharma of Gautam Buddha Nagar got second place with 9.95 points and Divik Mishra of Gautam Buddha Nagar got third place with 9.23 points.
In the vaulting table event: First place went to Garvit Mahant of Gautam Buddha Nagar with 8.60 points, second place to Mahant of Gautam Buddha Nagar with 8.50 points. Arg Pratik of Prayagraj secured second position and Shivaay Shivhare of Prayagraj secured third position with 8.40 points.
In Parallel Bars event – Divik Mishra from Gautam Buddha Nagar got first position with 10.20 points, Garvit Mahant from Gautam Buddha Nagar, Prayagraj got second position with 10.05 points and Pranav Sengar from Agra and Kartikey Singh Sengar from Prayagraj got third position with 9.85 points.
In Horizontal Bar event – Shivay Shivhare of Prayagraj got first position with 9.95 points, Arg Pratik of Prayagraj got second position with 9.40 points and Pranav Sengar of Agra and Divik Mishra of Gautam Buddha Nagar got third position with 9.15 points.
Aerobics Gymnastics Competition: Satyam Tiwari of Prayagraj secured first place in the senior group aerobics gymnastics competition, scoring 12.30 points. He also secured first place in the senior trio competition, scoring 12.80 points. In the senior individual girls category, Shaili Mishra of Prayagraj got first place and Archi Singh of Prayagraj got second place. In the senior individual boys category, Shivansh Srivastava of Prayagraj got first place, Pranjal Yadav of Prayagraj got second place and Shivam Kumar Chaurasia of Lucknow got third place.
Youth Aerobics Gymnastics Competition: In the youth individual boys category, Rudra Pratap of Prayagraj got first place, Avinash Singh of Prayagraj got second place and Aditya Raj of Lucknow got third place. In the youth individual girls category, Sanvi Singh of Prayagraj got first place, Deepanshi Bhrigudeep of Lucknow got second place and Zoya Tabrez of Prayagraj got third place. Rudra Pratap of Prayagraj got first place in Youth Aero Dance. Rudra Pratap of Prayagraj got first place in the youth group. Prachi Singh of Gorakhpur secured first place in Youth Trios. Kimaira Singh from Lucknow secured first place in the Youth Mixed Pair National Development Gymnastics Competition
National Development Individual Girls Category Results: Shubhangi Patel of Prayagraj secured first position, Yuvika Sonkar of Prayagraj secured second position and Yashika Verma of Varanasi secured third position.
National Development Individual Boys Category Results: Atharva Mishra of Prayagraj secured first position, Anirudh Swarnkar of Varanasi secured second position and Advik Somvanshi of Prayagraj secured third position.
Anil Mishra, Vice Chairman, Khelgaon Public School said that these talented gymnasts will become national and international champions in the future. Director of Khelgaon Public School, CP Yadav expressed his gratitude to all the guests, gymnasts, coaches, managers and parents.
