Athletics – Chandigarh Bytes https://chandigarhbytes.com Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:03:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://chandigarhbytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-CB-Small-1-32x32.png Athletics – Chandigarh Bytes https://chandigarhbytes.com 32 32 Sports Authority Of India: Funds Recieved For The Sai’s 11th Centre In Chandiagrh https://chandigarhbytes.com/sports-authority-of-india-funds-recieved-for-the-sais-11th-centre-in-chandiagrh/ Sun, 16 Jul 2017 17:03:40 +0000 https://chandigarhbytes.com/?p=5951 The Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Vijay Goel announced that soon in Chandigarh the Sports Authority of India will come up with the  SAI’s 11th regional centre in India. Mr Vijay Goel said they will soon be laid the foundation stone of the centre.  After the wait of 4 long years, at last, it is […]

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]]> The Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Vijay Goel announced that soon in Chandigarh the Sports Authority of India will come up with the  SAI’s 11th regional centre in India. Mr Vijay Goel said they will soon be laid the foundation stone of the centre.  After the wait of 4 long years, at last, it is going to happen soon. This will be the Sai’s 11th regional centre in India and fourth in the region after Patiala, Sonepat and Lucknow. The 15-acre centre will be built near the Airport Road in Zirakpur.

On October 16, 2013, it was announced that in Chandigarh the Sai Centre will be building but after that, there was no further action was taken regarding this. But last month that was June funds were received by the local SAI office. The SAI Regional Centre will be built in Zirakpur and it will cater to players from Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Chandigarh.

The area decided for this Centre is the 15-acre plot and also money has sanctioned for the first phase. For the first phase around 13 crores has been announced. The first phase will include facilities for football, athletics, administrative block and slowly. Mr Goel also added that they will introduce facilities for indoor sports also.

According to the centre officials due to the Launch of GST, there is some delay in the further action but now they will soon be laid the foundation stone for the SAI’s 11th centre near Zirkpur. They also said that they have received the funds and the foundation stone will be laid by the Honourable Union sports minister soon. Goel shared the Centre’s plans to provide Rs 5 lakh scholarships to 1,000 athletes per year and recently and also added that the central government also took a decision to combine all the school national games.

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]]> 101 Years Old Man Kaur “Miracle From Chandigarh” Nailed It Again https://chandigarhbytes.com/man-kaur-miracle-from-chandigarh-nailed-it-again/ Tue, 25 Apr 2017 06:56:53 +0000 https://chandigarhbytes.com/?p=4435 Man Kaur a “miracle from Chandigarh” name given to her by New Zealand media, again she showed never give up fighting spirit and also showed that we can do anything at any age. She again makes India proud by winning her 17th gold medal in world masters games in Auckland on Monday. She celebrated her victory […]

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]]> Man Kaur a “miracle from Chandigarh” name given to her by New Zealand media, again she showed never give up fighting spirit and also showed that we can do anything at any age. She again makes India proud by winning her 17th gold medal in world masters games in Auckland on Monday. She celebrated her victory with a cheerful dance as 101-year-old Man Kaur won 100 meters sprint in one minute 14 seconds on Monday.

How her late-blooming career started:

According to the “Miracle from Chandigarh” Man Kaur, she did not have any prior experience in the sports but her son Gurdev Singh motivated her and told her about athletics and then she joined him in competing on the international Masters games circuit. After this her journey started with all type of medical checkup and passing this barrier mother and son has taken part in many masters athletics meets around the globe. After winning her 17th gold medal she said that she will never give up and there is no full stop word in her dictionary, she is full of positive spirit and thrives on more.

What is next:

Man Kaur already has won 17 medals but according to her, this journey will still go on without any full stop. Now she is planning to compete in the other things to take her tally to 20.

  • 200m sprint,
  • Two-kilogram shot put and
  • 400-gram javelin in Auckland

Man Kaur was very much happy after winning her medal and according to her participation matters a lot above winning. Man Kaur is an example for all people who don’t have the courage to take one step toward their dream because they have fear of losing. Don’t fear, life is small so only cheer and gear up towards your dreams.

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