30 states and union territories participated in the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Tribal Games that witnessed close to 3800 participants compete in nine sports disciplines. A whopping 106 gold medals were on offer across archery, athletics, football, hockey, swimming, weightlifting and wrestling while traditional sports like Mallakhamb and Kabaddi were demonstration sports.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Of the 106 gold medals, Karnataka claimed 23 along with 8 silver and 7 bronze to clinch the overall champions crown with Odisha finishing second with 21 gold, 15 silver and 21 bronze medals. Odisha were the only contingent to cross a half-century of medals, finishing with 57 medals. Jharkhand were third with 16 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hosts Chhattisgarh also gave a strong account of the sporting talent among the tribal community as they clinched 3 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze to finish ninth. Chhattisgarh\u2019s last medal was a silver in men\u2019s football on Saturday when they went down 0-1 against West Bengal in the final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Overall champions Karnataka led the medals tally from the opening day as they dominated the swimming events, winning 15 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze medals. They added 5 gold in athletics and three in wrestling to ensure that neither Odisha or Jharkhand could catch up with them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Karnataka\u2019s Manikanta L was the most successful athlete of the Games with 8 gold and one silver while his teammate Dhoneesh N bagged five gold and a silver for his effort in the swimming competition. Among the women\u2019s competitors, Odisha swimmer Anjali Munda clinched five gold medals while Meghanjali of Karnataka finished with four gold and two bronze medals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Odisha was the only contingent to have won at least one gold medal in all the six sports disciplines, including eight in athletics and seven in swimming. Jharkhand on the other hand bagged nine gold medals in athletics, four in wrestling and three in archery apart from winning at least one medal in the other three disciplines.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Apart from football, there were four gold medals on offer in archery on the final day and it was clear that Odisha, who were three behind Karnataka on the gold medal count after the penultimate day\u2019s action, had no chance of catching up as they could have won not more than two gold medals on the archery field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Arjun Khara bagged one of them in recurve men\u2019s individual beating statemate Somanatha Hembram in the final but the men\u2019s team went down against Jharkhand 4-6 in the final.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Komalika Bari then added another gold to Jharkhand\u2019s tally when she defeated Gujarat\u2019s Bhargavi Bhagora in the individual final. Nagaland took home the women\u2019s team gold beating Jharkhand to finish in 14th position with 2 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
A total of 25 states and Union Territories found a place on the medals tally with 20 of them winning at least one gold medal, highlighting the broad talent pool across the country. Maharashtra finished fourth with 6 gold, 10 silver and 4 bronze while Arunachal Pradesh completed the top five with 6 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze medals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
RESULTS<\/p>\r\n\r\n
ARCHERY<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Individual: Gold \u2013 Komalika Bari (Jharkhand); Silver \u2013 Bhargavi Bhagora (Gujarat); Bronze \u2013 Ruovinuo Theunuo (Nagaland)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Team: Gold \u2013 Nagaland; Silver \u2013 Jharkhand; Bronze \u2013 Madhya Pradesh<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Individual: Gold \u2013 Arjun Khara (Odisha); Silver \u2013 Somanath Hembram (Odisha); Bronze \u2013 Pavan Parmar (Madhya Pradesh)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Team: Gold \u2013 Jharkhand; Silver \u2013 Odisha; Bronze \u2013 Meghalaya<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recurve Individual: Gold \u2013 Arjun Khara (Odisha); Silver \u2013 Somanath Hembram (Odisha); Bronze \u2013 Pavan Parmar (Madhya Pradesh)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men: Gold \u2013 West Bengal; Silver \u2013 Chhattisgarh; Bronze \u2013 Arunachal Pradesh, Goa<\/p>\r\n\r\n