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Army retains Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy, Sajan Prakash and Hansika Ramchandra best players

Kerala’s Sajan Prakash and Karnataka’s Hasika Ramachandra were adjudged the best player of the 36th National Games held here on Wednesday while Sena continued to dominate as the team. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar presented the prestigious Raja Bhalindra Singh Trophy for the fourth time in a row to the Army for being on top of the National Games. Army team topped with 61 Gold, 35 Silver and 32 Bronze medals. The 29-year-old swimmer, who won eight medals, including five individual gold, two silver and one bronze, was adjudged the men’s sportsperson of the Games.

Hasika was adjudged the best female player. The fourteen-year-old swimmer won a total of seven medals, including six gold, while making her National Games debut. The Gujarat government took last minute steps to save the country’s biggest and most important games after a gap of seven years and successfully organized them in less than 100 days. Maharashtra bagged the Indian Olympic Association’s ‘Best State’ trophy for finishing second in the medal tally with the most medals among states and union territories.

10-year-old Shauryajit Khaire (Mallakhamb) from Gujarat, who lost his father a few days back, has emerged as the ‘viral star’ of sports. He became the youngest medalist. 38 in track and field events and 36 in aquatics in National Games records were broken. Rosie Meena Paulraj (women’s pole vault) and N Ajith (weightlifting) of Tamil Nadu and Ram Babu (men’s 35 km walk) from Uttar Pradesh also set national records.

Maharashtra finished second with 39 gold, 38 silver and 63 bronze, while Haryana (38 gold, 38 silver, 39 bronze) had to settle for third place in the medal tally. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala finished fourth, fifth and sixth in the medal tally, respectively. Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Manipur each got 20 gold each. The flag of the National Games was handed over to a delegation led by Govind Gowde, Sports Minister of Goa, the host of the 2023 Games.

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