Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore lauded the Indian athletes' performance at the Commonwealth Games.
He promised to build on the success in Gold Coast keeping the 2024 and 2028 Olympics in mind. India finished third in the medals tally, courtesy 66 medals including 26 gold, 20 silver and as many bronze.
In a video message, he said the intensity and passion shown by the athletes has made the entire nation proud. Mr Rathore said while Indians won a lot of medals in disciplines which have been their traditional stronghold, it was even more heartening to find these athletes doing well in sports, where they have not won too many medals.
2004 Olympics silver medallist also congratulated the medallists, who emerged from government's pet project Khelo India School Games. Teenagers Manu Bhaker and Anish Bhanwala, who won shooting gold medals in the Gold Coast Games, competed in the Khelo India School Games.
|