To the best of my info,players left last midnight from IG airport; all the best to all of them. http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/Fifteen-member-Contingent-Set-to-Compete-in-World-Games-for-Blind/2015/05/07/article2802081.ece NEW DELHI: A team of 15 visually challenged sportspersons is all geared up to take part in the 2015 IBSA World Games for the Blind to be held in Seoul from May 8-18.
The World Games are being hosted by Korean Blind Union with an expected participation of about 60 countries. The Indian team includes a woman, and the athletes come from Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Punjab. They have been selected on the basis of their performance at the 19th IBSA National Sports Meet for the Blind held in Delhi in December 2014 and Asian Para Games 2014. Nine athletes will participate in track-and-field events, while one each will compete in swimming and powerlifting and four in Judo. The team is being sent under the aegis of Indian Blind Sports Association. The team includes several international medal winners. Ram Karan, an Arjuna Awardee, is a silver medal winner in 800m at Asian Para Games held in 2010 and 2014. He won two bronze medals in Antalya World Championships in 2011. Experienced international athlete Rishi Kant Sharma won a silver medal 2011 Antalya World Games in Javelin. Shavaad, another runner, bagged bronze in the 2011 World Championships as well as Asia Para Games 2014. The nine athletes are undergoing vigorous training at the pre-departure coaching camp here, organised by the Indian Blind Sports Association. -- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
