Indian police contingent returns with record 321 medals from US

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New Delhi : A 101-member Indian Police contingent has returned with a record haul of 321 medals from the World Police & Fire Games held in USA earlier this month. The contingent bagged 151 Gold, 99 Silver and 71 Bronze medals in the seven events they participated at the Games held in Los Angeles, California, from August 7-16, 2017. It is a rarest of the rare occasion where each team member won a medal.

In these games, over 8,000  sportspersons from 68 countries participated in about 83 events. The  Indian Police contingent participated only in seven sports events i.e. Athletics, Archery, Wrestling, Boxing, Judo, Swimming & Shooting and gave their best performance breaking earlier records. As in the past, the Government of India sanctioned an amount of Rs 50,000 for Gold, Rs 45,000 for Silver and Rs 40,000 for Bronze medals along with a certificate of participation in each event (Individual & Relay events), according to a PIB release.

The All India Police Sports Control Board will organize a felicitation function for the team members for their performance at the international arena. During the felicitation function of 2015 World Police & Fire Games on August 07, 2015, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had mentioned that the Indian Police Contingent must come back with not less than 300 medals in 2017 World Police& Fire Games and the target was achieved successfully, according to the release.