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The Anti-Doping squad, comprising of Doping Control Officers (DCOs) and officials of National Ant-Doping Agency (NADA), is already in action. 75 is the size of the squad, which has a presence  in all seven venue districts. Grouped into small teams, they will shuttle between different venues. 
 

Testing of urine samples is being done as per stipulated norms of NADA. It might take up to 10 days to get the results of a test.

Dr. Perumal is head of the anti-doping team at these Games.

Kerala got its third Gold medal in Swimming, thanks to import Sajan Prakash, but failed to make an impact in sports like Rowing in which the home State was expected to have an edge. It was Services, Manipur and Odisha who won gold at the Punnamada Lake.

Services also got off to a good start in Gymnastics at the Jimmy George Stadium, Trivandrum. Haryana swept the gold medals at wrestling in Kannur, while it was Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh who topped in Swimming.

Haryana’s gold raid
Haryana seems to have started their gold medal raid in wrestling. When six final events were held in wrestling on the first day of the Games, Haryana men and women clinched five of them. Jitendar (74 Kg. freestyle), Manoj Kumar (85 Kg. Greco Roman) and Ravinder Singh (66 Kg. Greco Roman) won gold in the men’s category while on the women’s side Ritu Malik (55 Kg. freestyle) and Suman Kundu(69 Kg freestyle) contributed one gold medal each to the state’s gold rush.

Kerala rolled out a classy Opening ceremony to mark the beginning of the 15-day event. The huge public enthusiasm and the diverse cultural fanfare laid out by the organizers were the hallmarks of the four-hour non-stop programme at the new Trivandrum International stadium.