The Tamilnadu Government congratulated the sportspersons, who have won medals at the 21st Commonwealth Games being held at Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to 15, and announced high cash incentives of 50 lakhs for each of them.
Tamilnadu Medal Winners
Sathiyan won silver and bronze medals in the table tennis mixed doubles event and men's doubles event. With these, he has won three medals in the Commonwealth Games.
Sharath Kamal won a silver medal in the table tennis men's doubles and a bronze medal in the table tennis men's singles. This is the third medal he won in the Commonwealth Games.
Dipika Karthik won two silver medals in the squash women's doubles event and squash mixed doubles event.
Saurav Ghosal won a silver medal in the squash mixed doubles event.
Joshna Chinappa won a silver medal in the squash women's doubles event.
Amal Raj had won the gold medal in table tennis team
Sathish Sivalingam lifted the gold in the men’s 77kg weightlifting class.
In this 21st Commonwealth Games, India secured third place in the medal tally by winning 66 medals totally including 26 gold, 20 silvers and 20 bronzes.