The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee has
sent her heartiest congratulations to all Indian sports persons including
railway players in the Indian contingent who won medals in the 16th
Asian Games-2010 which was held recently in Guangzhou, China from 12th
to 27th November, 2010. She said that Railway family and the nation are
very proud of them. Railway players have
won 15 Medals for India which include 7 Gold medals, 1 Silver Medal and 7 Bronze medals. India won a total
of 64 Medals which included 14 Gold Medals. The
half of the total Gold Medals won by India were brought by the
Railway players playing as part of the Indian contingent. In athletics, India with 5
Gold Medals stood at second position after China and Railway
players contributed in all these winning athletics events namely 10000m, 3000m Steeple Chase, 400m, 400m Hurdles
and4x400m Rely.
The Minister of Railways has announced special
Minister’s Awards for Railway players winning medals in the Asian Games
2010. The awards will be Rs. 10 lakh for
Gold Medal winner, Rs. 6 lakh for Silver Medal winner and Rs. 4 lakh for Bronze
Medal winner. These awards will be in
addition to the awards given by Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB). The awards announced by the RSPB are Rs. 5
lakh for Gold, Rs. 3 lakh for Silver
and Rs. 2 lakh for Bronze and other incentives as admissible. In this way, a
Gold Medal winner would get Rs. 15 lakh, Silver winner Rs. 9 lakh and a Bronze
winner Rs. 6 lakh.
Continuing
its run of glory in country’s sports arena, 113 sports persons from Indian
Railways participated as a part of the Indian Contingent in the 16th
Asian Games. Railways’ contingent in the Indian squad was perhaps the biggest
contingent from a single organization in the country.
Earlier,
Indian Railway players won 25 medals for India which included 13 Gold medals, 3
Silver medals and 9 Bronze medals in the 19th Commonwealth Games
(CWG 2010) held in Delhi last month.
Contd….2/-
Medal Winners of Indian Railways in Asian Games - 2010
|
S.
No.
|
Name
of the Player
|
Railway
|
Game
|
Medal
|
|
1
|
Preeja Sreedharan
|
SR
|
Athletics-
10000m
|
Gold
|
|
2
|
Sudha Singh
|
CR
|
Athletics-
3000m Steeple
Chase
|
Gold
|
|
3
|
Joseph Abraham
|
SR
|
Athletics-
400m
|
Gold
|
|
4
|
Ashwini A.C.
|
SWR
|
Athletics-
400m Hurdles
|
Gold
|
|
5
|
Sini Jose
&
Ashwini A.C.
|
SR
|
Athletics
4x400m Rely
|
Gold
|
|
6
|
Rakesh Kumar
Manjit Kumar
Nitin Govardhan Guhle
|
NR
NR
WR
|
Kabaddi (Men)
|
Gold
|
|
7
|
Mamtha
Teheshwani Bai
Smita Kumari
M. Kalyani
|
SCR
SCR
ECR
SCR/RPF
|
Kabaddi (Women)
|
Gold
|
|
8
|
Preeja Sreedharan
|
SR
|
Athletics-
5000m
|
Silver
|
|
9
|
Dola
Banerjee
|
ER
|
Archery-
Team Event
|
Bronze
|
|
10
|
Ravinder
|
NR
|
Wrestling
|
Bronze
|
|
11
|
Aashis Kumar
|
NCR
|
Gymnastic
|
Bronze
|
|
12
|
Rahul
Banerjee &
Mangal
Singh Champia
|
ER
|
Archery-
Team Event
|
Bronze
|
|
13
|
Krishna Punia
|
NWR
|
Athletics-
Discuss Throw
|
Bronze
|
|
14
|
G G Pramila
|
SWR
|
Athletics-
Heptathlon
|
Bronze
|
|
15
|
Paramjeet Samota
|
ER
|
Boxing
|
Bronze
|
The Indian Railways, winner of the first ‘Rashtriya
Khel Protsahan Puraskar’ instituted by the Government of India, always takes
lead in promoting sports in the country.
Railways sports persons have been participating in prestigious national
as well as international competitions like Asiad,
Commonwealth Games, Olympics, other international level sports events and
bringing laurels to the nation. With a
galaxy of promising and outstanding sports persons on its roll, since the
inception of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) in 1928, Indian Railways
have always been striving hard to take up the new challenges and was very
hopeful for a spectacular show in this mega sports event. Railways has sixteen Padamshree,
three Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, five Dronacharya Sammaan, Six Dhyanchand Sammaan and 134 Arjun Puraskar to its credit which have been awarded to its
sports persons.
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