The “SPECIAL” athletes have returned the
mother land with loads of pride, glory and off course MEDALS......
India has taken part in
the “SPECIAL” winter Olympics held at
Austria, from March 14 to March 25, competing
around 2500 athletes from 105 countries and clinched 73 medals with a “SPECIAL” enthusiasm.
Indian team has taken part in various events like Alpine Skiing, Snow Boarding,
Snow Shoeing, Figure Skating, Speed Skating, Floor Hockey, and Floor Ball with
utmost zeal and bagged 39 Gold overall.
On the 4th
day of the tour, Punjab lad Shamsher
Singh has opened the tally of medals followed by Megha, who created history
by being 1st Indian to win a Gold Medal in the entire Olympics in
Alpine Skiing event at Austria. And also Sanjay
Kumar from Himachal Pradesh, has
stole the hearts of everyone in their home town who has won 2 Gold in Snow Boarding, over-coming the
financial struggles.
The “Special Olympic Bharat”- SOB has
welcomed the entire team with a sight of athletes with-holding the “SPECIAL” medals around their necks. Floor Hockey, Unified Floor Ball AND
Traditional Floor Ball are the 3 major events where India has been
dominating in the game in which 30 medals
have been on the hearts of the athletes with 16 medals from the
special women’s team aswell. ‘Special athletes' fared well in Alpine skiing raking in a total of 10
medals including 3 gold, 3 silver and 4
bronze. They were closely followed by sportspersons participating
showcasing their talent in Snowboarding with 8 medals including 4 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.
Athletes participating in Snow Shoeing also fared well with a total of 5 medals
including 2 silver and 3 bronze.
Speed and figure skating collected 4 medals with 3 silver and 1 bronze.
The "SPECIAL" welcome has been done to entire contingent 90
athletes, 23 coaches and 3 officials which was fully financially
enriched with 1.5crore rupee from the government for the tour and their
assistance.
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