GAIL (India) Limited has embarked on a grassroots athletics
program GAIL-Indian Speedstar which is aimed at unearthing young talent across
the length and breadth of India. GAIL (India) Limited and National Yuva
Cooperative Society (NYCS), launched a grassroots athletics program GAIL Indian
Speedstar on the 22nd of March, 2016 at the Constitution Club of India, New
Delhi.
National Yuva Cooperative Society has tied up with Anglian
Medal Hunt Company as its Technical Partner for The GAIL Indian Speedstar project.
The persisting, epoch-making attempt before - focused grassroots program aims
to create a pool of athletes with knack which will possibly bring honor for
India in track events at the highest echelon of sporting events - the Olympics
2020/2024.
The reason to launch this program is to identify, select and
nurture the hidden talent in athletes. The targeted age group is 11 - 17 years
in 100m, 200m and 800m track events across.
A panel of eminent sportspersons like P.T Usha, Rachita
Mistry, AnuradhaBiswal& Kavita Raut have been appointed in the selection
committee to support selections and guide coaching camps. As members of the
selection committee their role would include creating the selection criteria or
the GAIL-Indian Speedstar program, and developing the training plan and module
for the selected athletes at the National Level.‘Legendary athlete P.T. Usha launched the initiative
alongside the organizers DrAshutoshKarnatak,Director (Projects), GAIL (India) Ltd, Rajesh Pande –
President, National Yuva Cooperative Society Ltd (NYCS) and Maneesh Bahuguna-
CEO, Anglian Medal Hunt Company.
District trials were conducted under the watchful eyes of
coaches and selectors, appointed by the selection committee. The selection of
the athletes was based on talent identification and selection criteria set by
the selection committee.
Initiatory, in its first year, earlier this year with initial
trials conducted at 55 districts across 10 states in which more than 25,000
children participated out of which 850 children made it to the State level
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon. Minister of State (I/C)
Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dutee Chand, AnuradhaBiswal and Purnima Hembram;
selected ambitious young athletes from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 14 children have
qualified for the National level trials while Shri Dharmendra Pradhan ji,
praised and motivated t he selected candidates for National level trials.
The first State level camp and trial was organized on 27-28th
of February in SawaiMaan Singh Stadium, Jaipur where 60 boys and girls
participated out of which 4 have qualified for the next level. The state trials
were held in Odisha (14 Selection), Delhi (28 Selection), Kerala (28 Selection)
&Jharkhand(4 Selection)followed by Maharashtra and Gujarat in the last
week of April. The shortlisted children from the State
trials will then participate in the National camp and selection which is
scheduled to be held in May 2016 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.
Shortlisted athletes from state trials will attend an intensive national level
camp. At the conclusion of the coaching camp, final trials will be held.
Winners will be selected based on the qualification criteria and their
potential. The winners will be given extensive training throughout the year.
The top 9 athletes will then be provided with a world class coaching for over a
period of 5 years with an ultimate objective of one of these athletes to
represent India at the Olympics.
The Indian athletics Speed Star program of Gail is about nurturing the future athletes.
For the detail information, have a look at :
http://www.gailindianspeedstar.org
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