35th National Games of India,Trivandrum,Kerala Jan 31 - Feb 14,2015

 

The 2015 National Games of India, also known as the 35th National Games of India, will be held from January 31,2015 to February 14,2015 across seven districts in Kerala, India.

It is the 2nd time that Kerala is hosting the national games after it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987.

The opening ceremony of 35th National games Kerala will be hosted at Green field stadium Karyavattam, Trivandrum on Saturday January 31,2015 at 6.00 PM. Union minister of urban development Venkaiah Naidu  inaugurate the opening ceremony of national games 2015

Sachin Tendulkar was selected as the goodwill ambassador for the games

The Mascot of the 35th National Games is'''Ammu''', The Great Hornbill,the State bird of Kerala

The Games Village is constructed based on the novel concept of Prefabricated Housing Technology. The Prefabricated housing would go well with the concept of ‘Green Games’ as it is environmental friendly, light weight, energy efficient and faster to construct

A total of 365 pre-fab houses occupying 5 athletes per room while team officials and coaches will be allocated single or double rooms. Social infrastructures such as kitchen, food courts, reception desks, medical centre, recreational zone, health club, open air theatre, conference halls etc. are included in the Games Village

Sports Event	Number of Medals
Aquatics	50
Archery	15
Athletics	44
Badminton	7
Basketball	2
Beach Handball	2
Beach Volleyball	2
Boxing	20
Canoeing	36
Cycling	20
Fencing	12
Football	2
Gymnastics	20
Handball	2
Hockey	2
Judo	14
Kabbadi	2
Kho Kho	2
Lawn Bowls	8
Netball	2
Rowing	18
Rugby Sevens	1
Shooting	38
Squash	2
Table Tennis	7
Taekwondo	1
Tennis	6
Triathlon	4
Volleyball	2
Weightlifting	15
Wrestling	24
Wushu	15
Yatching	1