By Tricitynews
Chandigarh 23rd November:- Indian badminton team players
made India proud in the first Special Olympics Asia Pacific Unified Badminton
Championship held from 12-16th Nov. 2019 at Bangkok, Thailand. Tanveer and
Sanyam as unified boys team won gold medal in the category 16-21 years male D-2
group and Kalpana and Arpita as unified girls team won silver medal in mixed
female D-1 group.
Tanveer
and Kalpana are intellectually disabled students of Govt Rehabilitation
Institute for Intellectual Disabilities (GRIID), sector 31, Chandigarh. Prof B
S Chavan, Director of GRIID, Prof Priti Arun, Joint Director of GRIID and Dr
Vani Ratnam, Principal of GRIID congratulated the students and their sports
coach, Ms Sheetal Negi. Parents expressed their happiness and assured for any
support required in future as well.
The team expressed its gratitude towards
actor Sonu Sood for sponsoring the team for the championship.Victor R Vaz,
National Sports Director, Special Olympics Bharat and Mrs.Neelu Sarin, Area
Director , Chandigarh Chapter -Special Olympics also congratulated the players
and wish them luck for future success.
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