Gulmarg (Jammu & Kashmir), February 24 The Army secured their fourth gold medal in the Gulmarg leg of the Khelo India Winter Games 2026, placing them at the top of the medal standings on Tuesday.
Five more medals were awarded on Day 2 of KIWG 2026, with the highlight being CRPF's Kajal Kumari Rai, who won her second consecutive gold medal in the competition.
Ten gold medals have been awarded in Gulmarg so far. The Army added another gold to their previous three, bringing their total to five.
The Army had previously won the men's ice hockey gold in the Ladakh leg.
The Games are being hosted by the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council.
Haryana continues to hold the second position in the medal tally, with four gold medals, all won by their skaters in Leh, while Maharashtra is just one gold behind.
Kamiyaa Karthikeyan won Maharashtra their first gold from the ski mountaineering (vertical) competition on Gulmarg's Kongdoori slopes.
There has been significant attention on veteran Aanchal Thakur. The Alpine skier from Himachal Pradesh won her first gold in KIWG 2026 in the giant slalom race, comfortably winning with a time of 48.984 seconds.
Her teammate, Tanuja Thakur, won silver, but the upcoming skier from Karnataka, Jiah Aryan, also finished among the medalists.
Kajal Kumari continues to impress. The grief of losing her father may be motivating the Meghalaya cross-country skier to win her second consecutive gold medal in KIWG 2026.
Kajal won the 10km Nordic gold for women, once again relegating the favored Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda of Karnataka to the bronze. Hiral of CRPF won the silver.
Army's star skier Padma Namgail led an Army one-two-three in the men's version of the 10km Nordic race at the Gulmarg Golf course.
The Army team was so dominant that the first nine positions were secured by them. Sunny Singh of Army, who won the Nordic sprint gold on Monday, finished sixth.
