Kerala won the overall trophy in the National Senior Athletic Meet that was held at Bangalore’s Sree Kanteerava Stadium. Kerala became the champion in both categories i.e.men and women getting past Tamil Nadu and Punjab respectively.
Meet record holder Mayookha Johny and Sajeesh Joseph were selected best athletes of the meet. Mayookha scored 1,123 points while Sajeesh scored 1,103 points to claim the title.
In addition to this Kerala athletes swept almost all the major trophies that were on to be won at the valedictory ceremony. Kerala improved its medal tally bagging 27 medals overall; out of which 13 were gold.
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