Top Para athletes attend Webinar by Cairn Oil & Gas and PCI 01/13/21
Country’s top para-athletes including two-time Paralympic champion Devendra Jhajharia, two-time world champion Sundar Singh Gurjar and Para Badminton ace Parul Parmar attended the Cairn Oil and Gas and Paralympic Committee of India (PCI)- organised webinar held to mark the National Youth Day on Jan. 12, 2021.
The webinar, titled – Abhipreran – A Motivational Talk by Para Athletes of India, also had the presence of PCI President Dr. Deepa Malik who attended it as one of the guests of honour besides seven other Para athletes (participants) including Sandeep Mann, Abu Hubaida and promising names like Rudransh Khandelwal.
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2020 was supposed to be an action-filled year in sports with all eyes on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. However, Covid-19 Pandemic brought all action to a grinding halt with events either being postponed or cancelled.
The Parasport action was affected too. In that scenario, the achievements of a few Para athletes and the revocation of the suspension of the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) remain the high points in Indian Parasports this year.
Among them, Para shuttler Manasi Jos hi’s resurgence stood out this year. Joshi continued to inspire her fellow para sportspersons with her extraordinary achievements one after the other. In a huge shot in her arm, the reigning world champion became the first ever Para athlete to feature in TIME magazine’s 2020 list of Next Generation Leader.
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Asia was all set to take centerstage in 2020 as Tokyo was geared up to host the Paralympic Games in the summer. But the COVID-19 pandemic brought sports action to a grinding halt, and with that came the postponement of the mega event as well.
Amid this pandemonium, India’s Para badminton star Manasi Joshi’s growing popularity graph remained the high point in Asia, this year. The reigning World Champion became the first ever Para athlete to feature in the
TIME magazine’s 2020 list of Next Generation Leader.
It was double delight for the star shuttler when she was honoured with a one-of-a-kind Barbie modelled to her likeness, on the occasion of ‘International Day of Girl Child’.
Jhajharia, Parmar to take part in Cairn Pink City Half Marathon daijiworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daijiworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.