Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal and the Sports Minister Anil Vij, have congratulated the players from Haryana for winning medals in different events at the Commonwealth Games and greeted all the participants.
Under the State Government's sports policy, every gold medal winner will get Rs 1.5 crore, silver medal winner will get Rs 75 lakh and bronze winner will get Rs 50 lakh as cash award. Besides, every gold medal winner will be entitled to Class A, silver medal winner class B and bronze medal winner class C job in Haryana Government, they announced.
In his message issued here, the Chief Minister said, “We are proud of your splendid performance in all events. Our players have done the state and the country proud and their performance will inspire many youngsters to pursue sports as a lucrative career. My best wishes to all the participants for a bright future Congratulations.”
In a separate message, Anil Vij said, “Congratulations to all Haryana players for winning 22 medals, including 9 Gold, 6 Silver and 7 Bronze in CWG 2018. Great achievement…. 38 players participated from Haryana in the CWG.”
India’s new shooting sensations Anish Banwala, aged 15, and 16-year-old Manu Bhaker hail from Haryana.
Anish Bhanwala had made history by becoming India's youngest gold medalist after shooting 30 points which is a Commonwealth Games record in the 25m Rapid Fire final and Manu Bhaker had also won a gold medal in the CWG.
Sushil Kumar had won gold, his third consecutive in CWG--in 74kg men’s freestyle wrestling, Bajrang Punia (men’s 57kg) won gold, Pooja Dhanda (women's 57kg) and Mausam Khatri (men's 97kg) picked up silver, Babita Kumari had won silver in 53-kg women’s category, Kiran won bronze in women’s 76-kg category, weightlifter Deepak lather had clinched a bronze in the men’s 69kg category.