Our Correspondent
Imphal, Oct. 13 (EMN): Manipur became the only state from eastern India to find a place among the country’s top 10 states in the medal tally at the 36th National Games which concluded on October 12 in Gujarat.
Manipur won 50 medals including 20 gold, 10 silver and 20 bronze medals to take the 9th position in the medal tally.
Services, Maharashtra and Haryana bagged the first, second and third positions with 128,140 and 116 medals respectively.
In the 35th National Games in Kerala, Manipur won 69 medals including 22 gold, 21 silver and 26 bronze medals to occupy the 7th position.
With more than 300 athletes, coaches and officials, Manipur participated in 21 sports disciplines in the National Games in Gujarat. The state contingent won medals in 13 disciplines.
Meanwhile, president of Manipur Olympic Association (MOA), Dr. Th Radheshyam Singh, who was part of the state contingent, expressed his desire to take up certain remedial measures to maintain the state’s ‘sports powerhouse status.’
In a brief telephonic conversation, Radheshyam said, “Time has come to properly coordinate all the key stakeholders to strengthen the weakness and also by channelising talent hunt initiatives.”