Neiketoulie Belho, Niansai T bag best athlete awards Dimapur, Nov. 15 (EMN): Meghalaya capped off a remarkable performance in track and field on Tuesday by claiming the title of overall champions in the athletics events at the 2nd Northeast Olympic Games 2022. Meghalaya finished with 15 gold, nine silver and 17 bronze medals. “To bag the Overall Champion combined title is no mean achievement. It shows the strength and depth of our athletes. Give them proper coaching, diet, infrastructure, etc and we have potential to produce a national champion,” MAA secretary and Meghalaya State Olympic Association general secretary Finely L Pariat said. Assam finished second with 12 gold, six silver and two bronze medals and Manipur were third with 10 gold, 14 silver and nine bronze. Nagaland collected nine gold, four silver and 10 bronze, while Tripura picked up two gold, seven silver and seven bronze. Arunachal Pradesh won one medal in each category, while Sikkim take home five silver a
Our Correspondent Kohima, Aug. 26 (EMN): Sprinter and long jumper, Neiketoulie Belho, has created waves at the ongoing 2nd Nagaland Olympic and Paralympic Games 2022, after bagging a gold medal each in men’s 100-metre dash and long jump events. In the track and field events held at Indira Gandhi Stadium (IGS) Kohima on August 23, the 24-year-old athlete from Kohima caught the attention of sports lovers by clocking 10.74 seconds in 100m race to win the gold. General Secretary of Nagaland Athletic Association (NAA) and director of the event, Khriehutuo Tsira, informed Eastern Mirror that Belho had created a new state record in 100m with his performance at the ongoing sporting event. However, he said no other state records have been broken except for men’s 100 metres. He added that three officials from the Athletic Federation of India (AFI), who are supervising the games, have verified the same. Amiya Kumar Mallick of Odisha currently holds the national record for men’s 100 metres w
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