Nagaland finishes in 5th place with 79 medals To host 3rd Northeast Olympic Games Niansai T wins best athlete award for Under-20 girls Neiketoulie Belho wins men’s best athlete award Our Correspondent Kohima, Nov. 16 (EMN): As the seven-day sporting extravaganza Northeast Olympic Games 2022 drew to a close on Wednesday at Shillong, Manipur defended the championship title, which it won in the 2018 edition, by finishing on top of the chart table with 88 gold, 75 silver and 77 bronze medals. Assam secured the second place with 79 gold, 61 silver and 63 bronze, while Arunachal Pradesh stood in the third place with 39 gold, 36 silver and 37 bronze, followed by hosts Meghalaya with 36 gold, 35 silver and 78 bronze, a huge leap from the sixth place in 2018 to fourth this year. Nagaland finished in the fifth place among the eight states with a haul of 79 medals, including 18 gold, 17 silver and 44 bronze medals. The state also finished in the 5th place at the 2018 games but the medal tally w