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Railways shine in Commonwealth Games, win 13 Gold medals

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.)

GOLDSILVERBRONZETOTAL MEDALS
India382736101
Railway Sports Persons for India133723

Medal Winners of Indian Railways

Name of PlayersEventsMedals
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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