After winning seven medals in the Tokyo Olympics-2020, the excitement about participation in sports in the country has doubled. In Madhya Pradesh too, the whole atmosphere has become playful.
A talent search campaign is being organised by the Sports and Youth Welfare Department in collaboration with the Department of School Education and Tribal Castes to find and nurture sports talents. Under the campaign, more than 62 thousand players have registered online in the state.
Director Sports and Youth Welfare Pawan Jain informed that till the night of August 23, 2021, 62 thousand 178 players of the state have done online registration in sports of their choice under the talent search campaign.
Impressed by Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra, 21 thousand 769 players registered in athletics, giving first priority to athletics sports in online registration from across the state in the talent search. The cricket game was given preference in the second order and 16 thousand 742 players got the registration done.
Around 5 thousand 799 players registered themselves in badminton game, 3 thousand 315 in volleyball and 2 thousand 183 players in hockey. Similarly, in other games, players have done online registration.
Out of 53 districts of the state, maximum registration was done in 7,056 Chhindwara district under Talent Search. While Khandwa stood second with the registration of 3,028 players. Indore district with 2,285, Seoni 2,020 and Ratlam district stood third, fourth and fifth respectively with the registration of 1,896 players. Players will be informed through SMS for necessary information regarding when and where to come for talent search.