Key Highlights
- Four hundred and seventy-two athletes will take part in two ice sports — skating and hockey.
- The new attraction this year has been the introduction of figure skating, an Olympic event.
- In the Ladakh leg of KIWG last year, the hosts ended on top of the medals tally with four gold out of 13 at stake.
- Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra had finished second and third respectively.
- The first leg of Khelo India Winter Games 2026 is being organised by the Youth Services and Sports department of the Union Territory of Ladakh under the supervision of the Sports Authority of India.