Ministry of Railways14-October, 2010 17:43 IST
Railways shine in Commonwealth Games, win 13 Gold medals
Mamta Banerjee Congratulates Railway Players
Railway Minister Announces Special Minister’s Award for Railway Players Winning Medals
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The Minister of Railways, Mamata Banerjee has sent her heartiest congratulations for the outstanding performance of Railway players in the Indian contingent in Commonwealth Games 2010. She said that Railway family and the nation is very proud of them.  Railway players have won 23 Medals for India which include 13 Gold medals, 3 Silver Medals and 7 Bronze medals.

The Minister of Railways has announced special Minister’s Awards for Railway players winning medals in the Commonwealth Games.  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 a promotion/increment in the Railway service.

 

MEDAL TALLY CWG 2010 (14.10.2010 AT 5.00 P.M.)

 

GOLD

SILVER

BRONZE

TOTAL MEDALS

India

38

27

36

101

Railway Sports Persons for India

13

3

7

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         Medal Winners of Indian Railways

Name of Players

Events

Medals

Ms. Anisha Sayyed, (Western Railway)

Shooting (25m Pistol Team)

Gold

Ravinder Kumar, (Northern Railway)

Wrestling (60 Kg. Greco Roman)

Gold

Sanjay, (Northern Railway)

Wrestling (74 Kg. Greco Roman)

Gold

Ms. Anisha Sayyed, (Western  Railway)

Shooting (25m Pistol Indv.)

Gold

Ms. Y. Renubala Chanu, (Northeast Frontier  Railway)

Weightlifting (58 Kg.)

Gold

Rajinder Singh, (Western Railway)

Wrestling (55 Kg. Greco Roman)

Gold

Ms. Dola Banerjee PP, (Eastern Railway)

Ms. L. Bombayla Devi , (Eastern Railway)

Archery (Recurve Team Event)

Gold

Narsingh Yadav, (Western Railway)

Wrestling (74 Kg. Free Style)

Gold

Sushil Kumar, (Northern Railway)

Wrestling (66 Kg. Free Style)

Gold

Ms. Krishna Punia, (North Western Railway)

Athletics (Discus Throw)

Gold

Ms. Ashwani A.C. (South Western Railway)

MS. Sini Jose (Southern Railway)

Athletics (4X400 Relay)

 

Gold

Manoj Kumar (Northern Railway)

Boxing (64 Kg)

Gold

Pramjit Samota (Eastern Railway)

Boxing (91 Kg.)

Gold

Ashish Kumar, (North Central Railway)

Gymnastics (Voult Exercise)

Silver

Ms. Prajusha, (South Western Railway)

Athletics (Long Jump)

Silver

Joginder, (Northern Railway)

Wrestling (120 Kg. Free Style)

Silver

Dharmendra Dalal, , (Northern Railway)

Wrestling (120 Kg. Greco Roman)

Bronze

Ashish Kumar, (North Central Railway)

Gymnastics (Floor Exercise)

Bronze

Ms. Suma Shirur, (Western Railway)

Air Rifle (Pairs Event)

Bronze

Ms. Dola Banerjee PP, (Eastern Railway)

Archery (Recurve Indiv.)

Bronze

Anil Kumar, (Northern Railway)

Wrestling (55 Kg. Free Style)

Bronze

Ms. S.Geetha (South Central Railway)

Ms. Priya P.K (Southern Railway)

Athletics (4X100 Relay)

Bronze

Ranjith Maheshwari (Western Railway)

Athletics (Triple Jump)

Bronze

 

More than 90 sportspersons from Indian Railways participated in the CWG 2010 and Railways contingent in the Indian squad participating in the Games was perhaps the biggest contingent from a single organization in the country. 

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