Patna, May 14 -- Maharashtra are all set to win the team championship title with a day left for the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 to end. Thanks to their athletes who clinched 10 golds from the track and field competition, Maharashtra have a huge lead over Haryana and Rajasthan, at No. 2 and No. 3 on the medal tally.

Hosts Bihar may not be among the top 10 teams in this edition of Khelo India, but they continue to make an impression. Bihar's tally of gold medals swelled to seven with victories from an unexpected quarter, Thang-Ta, a traditional martial art practised in North-east India. Coached by a Manipuri, Bihar won two Thang-Ta golds in Gaya.

Every evening on the tracks of the Patliputra Sports Complex, Bihar have come to the party. ...