The ‘Talent Search’ programme of the Madhya Pradesh Sports department has come out with outstanding sports persons and they have brought laurels to not only Madhya Pradesh but also for the country.
The talent search programme is conducted in each district headquarters once in a year. Thirteen-year-old Harshita Tomar, hailing from Itarsi is one of the examples of ‘Talent Search’ programme of the Sports and Youth Welfare department. She has won one gold and one bronze medals in four International events, while three gold and three silver in nine national competitions.
She is an International player in Sailing is absolutely a star in her own ways as she has made the Nation and especially the State academy proud.
Similar is the case with another player Nisha Tadey, a 14 year old national player in ‘fencing’ who made the State proud by winning over all championship twice and gold medals in all her events. She is extremely grateful to the experience she had in the national meets.
last year as climbing to the cliff of victory MP sports academy fetched 10 gold medals, 14 silver medal and 11 bronze medals in International competitions and 65 gold, 57 silver and 66 bronze in National level competitions. This is a remarkable display of commitment towards the habit of winning. The Participants have shown extreme levels of commitments as a result MP stood in the league of winners.
There are 17 different sports being trained by the TT Nagar Sports academy. The major ones are shooting, martial arts-karate, sailing, kayaking and canoeing, hockey, rowing, wrestling, weightlifting, wushu, judo, taekwando, fencing, badminton, boxing, athletics, triathlon and gymnastics.
There is hostel and food facility for the trainee students who claim that they are being provided the best of coaching and food in the academy.
Publicity officer of the academy Mahendra Vyas says that the sports minister Yashodhara Raje Scindia is highly keen in activities related to the academy and she is the reason the academy has the latest facility and the best coach. The Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has a major hand in encouraging sports in the State. He has raised the prize amount for the winners from `5 crore to `200 crore, added Vyas. “There are 132 girls and 229 boys in the hostel and rest are day boarders,” said deputy director and academic administrator PS Bundela.
“A software ‘Omega Wave’ was introduced last year that can determine a person’s Physiology and psychology within 20 minutes. This software was used by American Olympic Committee, Football teams and Seal commandos,” said Basket-ball coach and District Sports Officer Vikas Kharadkar.