Rajgir, May 8 -- P.B. Abhinand and M.R. Balamurugan of Tamil Nadu overcame an early setback to clinch the Boys' Doubles gold medal at the Under-18 Khelo India Youth Games on Day 3 here on Thursday.

Despite dropping the opening game and trailing 5-8 in the third, the top-seeded duo showed remarkable grit and composure to turn the match around, eventually defeating Assam's Priyanuj Bhattacharyya and Divyaj Rajkhowa Roy 3-1 in a tense final at Hall No. 1.

Earlier in the day, Maharashtra's Kavya Bhatt and Divyanshi Bhowmick produced a clinical display to secure the Girls' Doubles gold. In an imperious form throughout the tournament, the pair dispatched West Bengal's Subhankrita Datta and Avisha Karmakar 3-0 to cap a dominant campaign.

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