Jaipur, Dec. 5 -- Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology's Samardeep Singh Gill improved on his own All India University (AIU) mark in men's Shot Put in the Khelo India University Games, Rajasthan 2025 at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium.

On winning the gold medal in Shot Put in the Khelo India University Games 2025, Samardeep Singh Gill said, "...My entire season has been very good...We hope to make India proud in major competitions...My family supports me a lot..."

Shot putter Samardeep, who has beaten two-time Asian Games champion Tajinderpal Singh Toor thrice this year, hurled the shot put to a distance of 19.42m on his second attempt to claim the gold medal, while the second-place finisher Aniket of Guru Kashi University could only ...