To discover the talented athletes for the upcoming Olympics, National Yuva Corporative Society (NYCS) and Gail India would organise for ‘Gail Indian speed star trials’ on Thursday at the TT Nagar stadium.
Athletes of several divisions of the state would take part in the district level athletic trials.
While talking to the media persons here on Tuesday, NYCS, state convener Shiv Pandit told that with the support of Gail India, NYCS would organize Gail Indian speed star trials on Thursday at the TT Nagar stadium.
The main objective of the trials is to discover new athletic talents of Madhya Pradesh. The trials would be held in three athletic categories which are 100m, 200m and 400m. The selected participants would take part in the national level trials.
The participants who would be selected in the national trials would get the training of 3 years for the Olympics 2020 along with the scholarships, he added.
Pandit stated that NYCS is working continuously for 17 years in order to build a strong nation in around 450 districts of the country. NYCS wants the youths to actively participate in the sports. NYCS would search the talented athletes across the country and would train them to win medals in the upcoming Olympics.
Pandit further added that the first phase of Gail Indian speed star would be organized at 55 places in 11 states of the country. The players who would be selected in the national trials would be trained by the famous athletes PT Usha, Rachita Mistry, Kavita Raut, Anuradha Biswal and Shriram Singh.