Calcutta:
India put up a stellar show in the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, that got over on Sunday. India, competing under the banner Special Olympics (Bharat).
The Indian softball team won a gold medal on debut. The athletes made the country proud, by winning a fistful of medals in track and field, including winning three 100m races in various divisions.
Bincy John won the sprint in division 32, Mariya Joy won in division 14 and Platni Maran won in division 59.
Every two years, Special Olympics athletes come together to compete at the Special Olympics World Games.
GOLD MEDAL WINNERS
Softball team (Div. 3): Mihir Shailesh Soni, Abdul Shaquib, Tukaram Shivaji Sangaonkar, Dhrupadsinh Mahendrasinh Raj, Sunilkumar Becharbhai Patel, Manoj Uttamrao Naik, Mohammad Shaban, Pallav Mehrotra, A Matroo, Vinay Vilas Ghadge; Prateek Jain, Vipul Kantilal Jain, Shrey Kadian, Shahnawaz Khan, Ponnanna Kokkalera Thammaiah.
Golf: Ranveer Singh Saini and Monica Jajoo: Golf Level 2 alternate shot team play (Div. 1).
Table tennis: Anish Hasan Delawala and Sree Latha Yelikeri: mixed doubles (Div. XD16-21D3).
Badminton: Gurvir Kaur: singles (Div. WSG3). Gurvir Kaur and Kullayamma Manthri: doubles (WDG 4); Balakrishna Nallabothu: singles (Div. MSG 10); Sachin Sharma: singles (Div. MSG12); Balakrishna Nallabothu and Sachin Sharma: doubles (Div. MDG6).
Power lifting: Phoolan Devi: bench press (Div F4); Avadhut Nivas Ghorpade: squat lift (Div. M22).
Cycling: Naveen Joseph: 10km time trial (Div. 4) & 5km time trial (Div. 6); Meera Kumari: 500m time trial (Div. 03); Maksud Alam Mollah: 5km road race (Div. 3); A Rajvir Singh: 2km time trial (Div. 2); 1 km time trial (Div. 8).
Swimming: Anyatam Rajkumar: 25m breaststroke (Div. M2); Sneha Verma: 50m freestyle (Div. F16).
Athletics: A Gaurav: 500m race (Div. 13); Bincy John: 100m (Div. 32); Mariya Joy: 100m (Div. 14); Mamun Rashid Khan: 400m (Div. 26); Laxmi Kumari: Softball throw (Div. F08); Platni Maran: 100m (Div. 59); Rajesh Meher: 200m (Div. 28). Soniya Patil: 200m (Div. 15); A. Patto: 800m (Div. 06); Kushal Resham: 2×100 relay (Div. 10); 1000m race (Div. 5); Supriya Saha: 800m walk (Div. 2); Vishram Shashikant Shivaji: 400m walk (Div. 3); A Sube Singh: 1500m (Div. 10); Sonalben Nenaji Thakor: 400m (Div. 25); Ishant Tuteja: 100m (Div. 13); Vijay Singh: 800m (Div. 14); Bincy John, Viji Muthrathiparambil Revi, Pooja Raju Raj, A Vishakha: 4×100 relay (Div. 04); Akshay Saxena and Abdul Shams Ul Haq: 2×100 relay (Div. 11).
Roller skating: Chandra Sekar Santhanam: 300m (Div. 14); Prabhroop Singh Sekhon: 300m (Div. 12); 500m (Div. 7)
( Source: Official website of the Special Olympics World Games, http://www.la2015.org)
source: http://www.telegraphindia.com / The Telegraph, Calcutta, India / Front Page> Sports> Story / by The Telegraph Bureau / August 05th, 2015