Odisha finished 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
Chhattisgarh finished ninth on the medals tally with 3 gold, 10 silver, and 6 bronze medals. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Praising Chhattisgarh players for their impressive performance in the inaugural Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG), Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai announced cash prizes for all the medallists and even promised a financial windfall for anyone making it to the Olympics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe individual gold medallists will receive a cash reward of Rs 2 lakh each, Rs 1.5 lakh for silver, and Rs 1 lakh for bronze. The medallists in the team championships will get Rs 1 lakh, Rs 75,000, and Rs 50,000 for gold, silver, and bronze respectively,\u201d the Chief Minister announced at the colourful closing ceremony of KITG at the Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay auditorium here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Siddharth Nagesh (men\u2019s shot put), Nikita (weightlifting), and the women\u2019s football team clinched the gold medal for the hosts, with their men\u2019s football team signing off the campaign with a silver after losing the final 0-1 against West Bengal on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In all, 30 States and Union Territories participated in the inaugural edition of the Khelo India Tribal Games (KITG) 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
Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao, who also holds the Sports Ministry portfolio, lauded the Sports Authority of India and the state sports department for the successful conduct of the Games and insisted that the next edition would be held on a much bigger scale.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThis is the first time that Games of this stature were held in Chhattisgarh, and I must congratulate SAI, the sports department, and everyone associated with conducting these Games for their hard work and commitment to making these Games a grand success. I also promise that the next edition of the Games will be organised on a much bigger scale and Chhattisgarh will set a benchmark for everyone to follow,\u201d he added. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 10-day sporting extravaganza was held across three cities in Chhattisgarh, and 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 tin wrestling to ensure that neither Odisha nor Jharkhand could catch up with them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Karnataka\u2019s Manikanta L was the most successful athlete of the Games with eight gold medals 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 were the only contingent to have won at least one gold medal in all 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, which was 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