Tsuchoi T, who was the best athletes from the state with winning 3 medals - 2 Gold and 1 Bronze. (Photo: Twitter)
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Tsuchoi, best performer from the state with 2 Gold and 1 Silver
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Arunachal Pradesh to host the 2nd second edition in 2020
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Manipur overall champions with 159 medals
Kohima, October 31 (MExN): With 6 Gold , 9 Silver and 27 Bronze for an overall total of 42 medals, Nagaland finished 5th at the First North East Olympic Games held at the main Stadium, Khuman Lampak Sports Complex, Imphal, Manipur from October 24 to 28. Athletes from the eight northeastern states competed in 12 different disciplines at the five-day sporting event. Altogether, 175 players comprising of 72 male, 67 Female including 7 Technical Officials, 6 Officials from the State sports Association as observers, 22 Coach & Managers represented the state Team, a DIPR report informed. There were 12 various disciplines such as archery, athletics, badminton, football, judo, shooting, table tennis, weight lifting, taekwondo, karate, boxing and wushu. Nagaland best performance was in the discipline of athletics with Tsuchoi T winning Gold both 5000 Meters and 10,000 M race category and Seluokuolie Kire taking Gold for Shot Put (Men). The other Gold medals were in Boxing - 60Kg (Men), Karate (Women), and Weight Lifting - 67 Kg (Men). Individually, Tsuchoi was the best performer at the games with a total of 3 medals, with another Bronze in the Women’s 4×100M rally race. Meanwhile, Manipur emerged as the overall champions securing a total of 159 medals including 80 Gold, 48 Silver and 31 Bronze medals at the Games. With 140 medals - 46 Gold, 53 Silver and 41 Bronze medals – Assam was in the second place while Arunachal Pradesh bagged the third with a total 76 medals in the Games with 18 Gold, 20 Silver and 38 Bronze medals. Team Nagaland was led by CHEF-DE-Mission, Tali Jamir and Deputy CHEF-DE-Mission Er. Seyieevizo along with Secretary General Nagaland Olympic Association, T Meren Paul, according to the DIPR report, Jamir on behalf of all the players acknowledged the Chief Minister & President of Nagaland Olympic Association, Neiphiu Rio for providing all necessary funds and support for the state contingent “thereby creating a platform for the young up-coming players to display their talents.” He also expressed gratitude to all the technical officials, observers and Director, IPR, Nagaland, Limawati Ao for the vast media coverage throughout the event. The second edition of North-East Olympic Games will be held in Arunachal Pradesh in 2020, the report added. The Chief Minister also congratulated all the participants and especially the Medal Winners, it added.
List of Medal Winners and Discipline:
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A. ATHLETICS |
B. BOXING | |
| Gold Medal:
1) Tsuchoi T – 5000M(Women)
2) Tsuchoi T – 10,000M(Women)
Seluokuolie Kire – Shot Put (Men)
Silver Medal:
1) Songmo – 5000M (Women)
2) Aungkali - High Jump (Women)
Bronze Medal:
4*100M Relay Race (Men): 1. Rongsenmeren 2. Nekhoto Tunyi 3. Widambo Rentta 4. Imlisunep
4*100M (Women): Tsuchoi T 2. Peiheiteile 3. Songmo 4. Tsujem
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Gold Medal: 1. Hmingthanlunga - 60Kg (Men)
Silver Medal: 1. Nikito Sumi – 69Kg (Men) 2. Jichanthung Ngullie – 81 kg (Men) 3. Ani Lama – 60Kg (Women)
Bronze Medal: 1. Manchen Konyak – 48Kg (women) 2. Manju Basumatary – 54 Kg (Women) 3. Monu – 64 Kg (Women) |
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| C. SHOOTING | ||
| Silver Medal: 1. Bivash Biswas – Men Air Pistol (10M) | ||
| D. JUDO | ||
| Bronze Medal: 1. Vizoseno – 52 Kg (women) | ||
| E. TAEKWANDO | F. KARATE | |
| Silver Medal: 1. Repenkiu Tikhir – 54 Kg (Women) 2. Keneileno Nagi – 74Kg (Men) Bronze Medal: 1. Reetiz Engtee – 68 Kg (Men) 2. Iteipetbo Nkie – 58 Kg (Men) 3. Albert Lotha – 63 Kg (Men) 4. Nenghoikim Singson – 62 Kg (Men) 5. Antimonyu Chang – 53 Kg (Women) 6. Dzuvichunuo Rutsa – 49 Kg (Women) | Gold Medal: 1. Bamang yakum – Women Bronze Medal: 1. Mui Ama – Women 2. Milleno Mamai – Women 3. Toshimanen Longkumer – Men | |
| G. WUSHU | ||
| Bronze Medal: 1.Kibaka L Aye – 48 Kg (Men) 2.Shemele |Rhakho – 52 Kg (Men) 3.Rinku Bora – 65 Kg (Men) 4.Sagar Mech – 70 Kg (Men) | ||
| H. TABLE TENNIS | ||
| Bronze Medal: 1.Nancy oilam 2.Kesoneinuo 3.Yawai Konyak | ||
| I. WEIGHT LIFTING | ||
| Gold Medal: 1. Rubu Mech – 67 Kg (Men) | ||
| J. ARCHERY | K. BADMINTON | |
| Silver Medal: 1. Keneisa-o Theunuo – Individual Men Bronze Medal: 1. Kilen Meren – Individual Men 2. Kevikienuo Rikha – Individual Women | Bronze Medal: 1. Shekhotolu – Women Single 2. Ankur Sangpang Rai – Men Single 3. Imliwapang & Imnatoshi – Men’s Double | |
| Total Medal tally | ||
| 1. Gold – 6 2. Silver – 9 3. Bronze - 27 | ||
