Punjab pip Haryana to finish 3rd overall

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 29

Punjab improved its position from last year, finishing third in the overall medals tally of the 61st National School Games. Punjab bagged 388 medals — 109 gold, 139 silver and 140 bronze — to pip neighbour Haryana. 

It is for the first time since the 55th National School Games in 2009-10 that Punjab has finished third.

Haryana’s total tally is 312 — 98 gold, 97 silver and 117 bronze medals. Punjab stood fourth in the 60th National School Games behind Haryana. Punjab’s rise to third place came because of a big increase in the gold medal tally — from 63 last year to 109. Haryana’s gold medal tally also increased from 85 to 98.

For the fifth year in a row, Delhi finished first, while Maharashtra finished second. Delhi bagged 711 medals — 374 gold, 194 silver and 143 bronze — and Maharashtra won 729 medals — 197 gold, 242 silver and 290 bronze.