A contingent of 265 sports persons and officials from Chhattisgarh would participate in the 35th National Games scheduled in Kerala from January 31 to February 14 this year.This includes 211 players from different discipline out of which 98 are female players. Chhattisgarh team is taking part in 20 events that include as archery, athletics, aquatics, badminton, basketball, boxing, beach handball, beach volleyball, fencing, gymnastic, handball, kayaking and canoeing, kho-kho, rugby 7 ‘A’ side, shooting, squash, triathlon, weight lifting, wrestling and wushu. Expectations are running high with the State Women Basketball Team which has performed exceptionally well and players are confident of winning medal in the national games.
According to schedule, archery will be held at Kochi from Feb 1 to 9, athletics at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 9 to 13, acquatics at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 1 to 7, badminton at Kochi from Feb 9 to 13, basketball at Kannur from Feb 9 to 13, boxing at Thrissur Feb 6 to 13, beach handball at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 1 to 5, beach volleyball at Kozhikode from Feb 1 to 5, fencing at Kochi from Feb 9 to 13, gymnastic at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 1 to 6, handball at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 8 to 13, kayaking and canoeing at Alappuzha from Feb 9 to 13, kho-kho at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 1 to 5, rugby at Kollam from Feb 11 to 13, shooting at Thiravananthapuram and Thrissur from Feb 1 to 8, squash at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 1 to 4, triathlon at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 10 to 11, weight lifting at Thrissur from Feb 1 to 5, wrestling at Kannur from Feb 1 to 4 and wushu will be organised at Thiravananthapuram from Feb 7 to 13.