The specially-abled children of Chhattisgarh brought laurels to the State by winning several medals in a tournament organised under the joint aegis of Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Welfare and Special Olympics Bharat in Odisha.
A total of 519 differently abled children from 21 states had participated in the tournament.Out of the 519 players, a total of 16 players from Mungeli, Mahasamund, Bemetara and Balod districts of Chhattisgarh had participated in the events such as 100 metre race, soft ball throw, shot put and football.
In the tournament, Dhwaj Kumar won gold medal in shot put and bronze medal in 100-mt race while Jyoti won gold medal in soft ball throw and silver medal in 100-mt race. Neha won gold in soft ball throw and silver in shot put. In 5-A side football tournament, Chaitanya Kumar, Deepak Kumar, Govind Kumar, Hemant Kumar, Mohan Kumar and Tushar Kumar won gold medal. The players won a total of 17 medals including 10 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronze were bagged by Chhattisgarh state players.