The 38th edition of the National Games, India's very own multi-sport event similar to the Olympics, witnessed participation from players of 28 different states, eight Union Territories and SSCB battle it out for medals across 34 sports, as per Olympics.com.
Services rode on a strong showing in the boxing ring where they won five gold, one silver apart from clinching two gold medals in Yachting, one each in men's football, handball and kabaddi to take their gold medal tally to 65.
The 200th medal came in the Triathlon Mixed Relay at Miramar Beach when women's individual winner Mansi Mohite covered a deficit of almost two minutes in the anchor leg to help her team get the better of defending champions Tamil Nadu with a time of 1:51.19 sec
Kerala Women beat Karnataka 57-54 to defend their title and win the gold, while Punjab Men won gold by beating defending champions Tamil Nadu 105-103 in overtime in the basketball competitions at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim. Punjab had lost to Tamil Nadu in the finals of the