NEOG 2022: Assam leads on medal table into final day

NEOG 2022 Assam lead on medals

Shillong: NEOG 2022 Assam lead on medals table in the second Northeast Olympic Games 2022, having collected 49 till 10:45 pm on Monday.

Several events will conclude on Tuesday and the North East giants will be looking to maintain their advantage until the final day.
Manipur, the overall champion in 2018, is close behind with 45 gold medals, while Arunachal Pradesh has 31 and Meghalaya 20, almost 7 times more than they won four years ago.

Karate started today and Arunachal Pradesh bagged many medals with 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Assam won 1 medal in each category, while Meghalaya bagged 1 gold and 2 bronze medals. Sikkim, still in search of its first gold of the Games, bagged 1 silver and 2 bronze, equal to Mizoram. Meanwhile, Manipur bagged 1 silver and 1 bronze while Nagaland bagged only 1 bronze, though there are still plenty of medals on offer tomorrow.
In athletics, which, like karate, is being held at the SAI Training Centre, Manipur won gold in the under-20 women’s 4x100m relay with the team of Yaisana Loktongbam, A Anjata Devi, A Premita Chanu and Chingulembi Chanu clocking 51.84 seconds. won Tripura won silver and Meghalaya won bronze.

In the same U-20 men’s 4x100m relay, Manipur won gold again in 44.05 seconds by Md Daud Khan, S Arnold Meitei, R Tejkumar Singh and M Bikash Meitei. Assam claimed the silver and Tripura the bronze. Under-20 women’s 5000m, Manipur’s T-Rus Chanu won gold in 19:54.46, Nagaland’s Songmo P won silver and Meghalaya’s Lyntijingkyrmen Kharjahrin won bronze.
Interestingly, gold was shared in the men’s high jump above 20, with Meghalaya’s Simeon Marak and Albinus Rongpeit clearing a height of 1.80m. This meant that no silver medal was awarded, while the bronze medal went to Manipur’s L Mangansana (1.75m).