Published : Times of India
/11-Jul-2017
Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik, felicitated all the Indian medal winners of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships which concluded on Sunday. The country registered its best ever medal haul in the games.While `10 lakh each cash award was given to gold medallists, `7.5 lakh was given to each silver medal winner and ` 5 lakh to each bronze medallist. The Chief Minister handed over the cash prize to 29 winners, 12 gold, 5 silver and 12 bronze winners, at a special function, a day after the events concluded at Kalinga Stadium here.