Madurai, Jun 18 (UNI) Jharkhand State took the lead in the medals tally bagging 12 golds at the close of the 48th edition of National Inter-State Senior Athletic Championship-2008 held under floodlights at the MGR Stadium here tonight.
While Kerala took second place with eleven golds, hosts Tamil Nadu finished third with four golds in the meet.
Following is the final medals tally-- STATE GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 1 Jharkhand 12 6 7 25 2 Kerala 11 6 8 25 3 Tamilnadu 4 5 6 15 4 Andhra Pradesh4 4 3 11 5 Delhi 4 4 3 11 6 Punjab 3 3 2 8 7 Uttar Pradesh 1 4 2 7 8 Haryana 1 2 3 6 9 Madhya Pradesh1 2 0 3 10 Chhatishgarh 1 1 1 3 11 Gujarat 1 1 1 3 12 Orissa 1 0 1 2 13 West Bengal 0 3 1 4 14 Bihar 0 2 0 2 15 Maharashtra 0 1 2 3 16 Uttarakhand 0 0 2 2 17 Rajasthan 0 0 1 1 18 Karnataka 0 0 1 1.
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