Defence Minister AK Antony felicitated the Armed Forces sportspersons, who won medals during the Commonwealth Games 2010 in New Delhi. He also felicitated the Services Football team that recently won the Santosh Trophy-2012 after a gap of over 50 years.

Addressing the winners, Antony lauded the contribution of Armed Forces athletes by contributing an impressive tally of 10 gold, seven silver and eight bronze medals, which is more than 25 per cent of the total medals won by the country that included 38 gold, 27 silver and 34 bronze medals.

Exhorting the Services personnel to excel in fields other than sports as well, Mr. Antony called upon the officers to encourage participation in cultural activities.

AIR correspondent reports that 60 Armed Forces athletes had participated in 10 out of the total 17 events of the Commonwealth Games, which amounted to 30 per cent of the Men’s contingent strength in these events.