CM Vijay presented ₹17 crore in prize money to winners of the Chief Minister’s Trophy games — about 32,000 athletes in 45 sports — and honoured the nine Tamil Nadu para-athletes who won 15 medals at the Asian Para Games in Japan, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on October 29.
CM Vijay presented ₹17 crore in prize money to winners of the Chief Minister’s Trophy games — about 32,000 athletes in 45 sports — and honoured the nine Tamil Nadu para-athletes who won 15 medals at the Asian Para Games in Japan, at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium on October 29.
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay presented ₹17 crore in prize money to the winners of the Chief Minister’s Trophy games and honoured Tamil Nadu’s Asian Para Games medallists at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai, on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
The CM’s Trophy is Tamil Nadu’s annual statewide sports meet for students and young people from towns and villages. Contests began at district and zonal level in all 38 districts; the state-level finals ran from October 15 to 28 at venues in Chennai, Chengalpattu, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Coimbatore, Namakkal, Ariyalur, Dindigul, Tiruvannamalai and Ramanathapuram.
Nine of the 13 Tamil Nadu para-athletes who competed in Japan came home with medals — 3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze. They include:
India finished the Games with a record 114 medals.
The prizes follow the Dream Olympics 2036 plan launched on October 8 and a string of rewards for Asian Games, Para Asian Games and WorldSkills medallists this month — a clear message that talent from every district will be backed.
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