The Assam Youth Olympics, 2022 has come to an end with the six-day sporting, athlete from all over districts of Assam came to participate in the game.
The game has come to an end on Wednesday with a closing ceremony being held at Guwahati’s Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra. Assam Youth Olympics game was concluded on 27th July.
Guwahati 1st in medal tally with a enormous haul of 219 medals. The team won 74 Gold medals, 75 Silver medals and 70 Bronze medals, thereby sealing the top spot. Guwahati Sports District was adjudged Best District winning a prize money of Rs 1 Lakh, followed by Sivasagar with a total haul of 69 medals including 25 Gold, 22 Silver and 22 Bronze medals. The Sivsagar District team was awarded a prize money of Rs 75,000, and Dibrugarh with a total medal haul of 76 including 24 Gold, 23 Silver and 29 Bronze. The team was awarded a prize money of Rs 55,000 for their spirited performance.
Best Athlete Male was awarded to Bivanjyoti Laskar of Morigaon and the best Athlete Female category was awarded to Upasha Talukdar of Kamrup.
According to the information as many as 4,200 athletes participated in the maiden sporting event spreading across more than 35 sports.
The Assam Youth Olympics has identified Many talents sports youth through this game event.
“Many talents – hence identified during the events – shall be honed & trained enabling them for better performance at both national & international sporting events in the future,” in an statement an official said.
As per information, the athletes came from all the 35 districts of Assam.
The closing ceremony event was attended by state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, with state minister Jogen Mohan, Guwahati Mayor Mrigen Sarania among others.
