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Mallakhamb · INDIA

Shauryajit Ranjitkumar Khaire

Recognised for Mallakhamb achievement at the 2022 National Games.

10 in the 11 October 2022 competition report; 2023 award is a separate event.

Gujarat · India

Shauryajit Ranjitkumar Khaire, portrait on the named page of the 2023 government award citation
Shauryajit Ranjitkumar Khaire in the 2023 government citation booklet, page 24. Photo capture date not established.
Image source ↗ · Ministry of Women and Child Development, via PIB · original photographer not credited
Source photograph · credit and provenance below

BEHIND THE RESULT

A bronze medal in a named event

Shauryajit Ranjitkumar Khaire won bronze in the standing-pole open category of Mallakhamb at the 2022 National Games in Gujarat. A report published on 11 October 2022 describes him as ten. The government citation later records that result, and the January 2023 award announcement names him in Sports. Keeping the event and category in the story makes the achievement more useful than a vague claim that a child won a medal. The competition happened in 2022; the national child award followed in 2023.

A sport that asks for careful learning

The contemporary account describes Mallakhamb as a discipline performed using a pole or rope, and discusses Shauryajit’s introduction to the sport through his father and support from his coach. It is a demanding physical activity rather than a movement to copy from a still image. The sources reviewed here do not provide a complete training diary or every competition result. We focus on the documented National Games performance and avoid inventing practice hours, conversations or a path from one session to the medal. Historical rankings and youngest-athlete claims require their own defined comparison.

Discover a sport without imitating a stunt

You could explore a less familiar sport by finding out what the event is called, how routines are judged and what qualified coaches do to help athletes learn safely. This is a reader activity, not an exercise demonstration. Do not try to reproduce a Mallakhamb position from a photograph or video. The interesting question for a school discussion might be which sports your class knows little about and where reliable information can be found. Shauryajit’s named result gives that curiosity a concrete place to start.

Source-based story · the activities are prompts for readers.

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The achievement, in context.

PMRBP 2023 — Sports

Recognised for Mallakhamb achievement at the 2022 National Games.

2023-01-23 · Supporting source ↗

Sources you can explore.

MWCD · 2023 citation booklet, page 24 ↗Government award citation · historical achievement summary; not an independent performance or clinical audit

PIB · 23 January 2023 ↗Government award announcement · ceremony date

SportsTiger · 11 October 2022 ↗Editorial report · historical coverage

Original source ↗

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