The National Games concluded with Services winning most number of medals. The army team won 128 medals, including 61 gold medals, 35 silver and 32 bronze. Services came into the 2022 edition as three-time defending National Games champions, having won in 2007, 2011 and 2015. As many as 29 teams won at least one gold medal at the edition. However Goa could manage only 5 bronze medals and ended at the 30th spot in a field of 32. This does not speak well of the level of sports in the State, especially if one considers that Goa was training the athletes as the State was expected to host the Games. It is pertinent to note that Goa won 11 medals in the last National Games in Kerala six of which were in taekwondo only. However, now sports in the state appear to be on a downslide. Being the hosts next year Goa cannot expect to end up at the bottom of the table. If necessary, budgetary allocation for development of sports in the state needs to be enhanced.
