At the event held in the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium on Thursday: Reports
CHENNAI: Presenting the trophies to the districts that topped in the medal tally of the Chief Minister’s Cup 2026, the State level athletic meet that saw a total participation of 10,36,543 sports persons in various categories, Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay honoured 9 para athletes from the State who won medals at the fifth Asian Para Games that was held in Tokyo recently and launched a scheme to give scholarship for sportspersons.
At the event held in the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor stadium on Thursday, Vijay also inaugurated the Olympic Water Sports Academy set up at Pirappan Valasai in Ramanathapuram district at a cost of Rs 42.90 crore and a Rs 20 crore multi-purpose sports complex built in the campus of the Kruppar Government Engineering College in Salem district.
In the district-wise medal tally for the State level athletic meet, Chennai stood first with 142 gold, 97 silver and 80 bronze with Chengalpattu coming second with 64 gold, 43 silver and 36 bronze and Coimbatore coming third with 27 gold, 37 silver and 54 bronze.
The nine winners of medals at the Asian para games the nine athletes from the State were presented cheques to the tune of Rs 6.85 crore and the total prize money for winners of medals in the Chief Minister’s Cup was Rs 38 crore.
Among the total participants for the 45 categories of sporting events, 6,45,981 were school children, 1,94,250 were college students, 1,48,314 were members of the public, 30,313 were government employees and 17,685 were differently abled, an official press release said.
