Gulmarg, Feb. 25 -- Army won an overall nine goal medals, including eight in the Gulmarg leg to defend their team championship title in the Khelo India Winter Games, here on Wednesday.

Himachal Pradesh finished as the runner-up with four goal medals on the final day of the competition.

The closing ceremony the KIWG will be held at the Golf Course here on Thursday, hosted by the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council and managed by the Sports Authority of India.

The first leg of KIWG was held in Ladakh from January 20-26.

On the third day of the competition, Army and Himachal Pradesh won equal number of four golds medals apiece while hosts J&K won their first gold.

Karnataka's veteran skier Bhavani Thekkada Nanjunda, who had clinched a hat-...