Khelo india water sports festivalat

Khelo India Water Sports Festivalat: Madhya Pradesh continued their good form on Saturday to finish on top of the medal tally in the first Khelo India Water Sports Festival that concluded at the Dal Lake here. Odisha and Kerala finished in the top three largely due to the contribution of athletes who train at the Sports Authority of India centres in Jatpur and Alappuzha.

Madhya Pradesh, which won all four kayaking and canoeing gold medals at stake on Day 2, added six more gold medals to its tally on the final day on Saturday to win the team championship with a handsome tally of 18 medals. This included three silver medals and five bronze. In all, 24 gold medals were at stake in the entire Water Sports Festival. Of these, 14 were in kayaking and canoeing, and 10 were in rowing. All races were Olympic events.

Odisha and Kerala profited from SAI training centres in Jagatpur and Alappuzha. Twenty-one Khelo India Athletes, all from rowing, took part in the Khelo India Water Sports Festival. They won two gold medals, two silver, and as many bronze medals in the 10 rowing events.