Athletes from the Khasi Hills region continue to stretch their lead in the medals tally by a large margin here at the 5th Meghalaya Games as day three of the competitions rounded up on Wednesday.
The High Jump Finals was a mixed bag with Garo Hills athletes from Williamnagar and North Garo Hills giving a tough challenge to their competitors from Ri Bhoi who were the champions in both men and women events.
The two matches took place at the astro turf stadium at Chandmari on Monday, where Ri Bhoi put in another commanding performance defeating EJH by 3 goals to nil while the second match saw WGH decimate SGH, scoring 7 past them.
Tura, Jan 13: Da·alo bilsi 18na komigipa me·asarangni robol kal·susaanio Ri Bhoi aro East Jaintia Hills dolrang mikkangchakgrikaha. Recess ong·na skang East Jaintia Hills...
The U18 Boys' Football Division matches of the 5th Meghalaya Games returned after a day's hiatus on Saturday with East Jaintia Hills clashing with Ri Bhoi in the early morning match.
In an unfortunate incident on Monday, a truck carrying galvanized steel rods capsized and crushed a mother of 6 children to death at Umsning Bypass road near Umtrew in Ri Bhoi District.
