Paralympics: SAI selects DSMNRU as training center for para-badminton players ahead of

Lucknow: Considering the availability of hi-tech sports infrastructure and facilities at Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU), the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has made the university a training centre for para-badminton players of international repute who will represent India in Paralympics to be held in Paris in Aug. Seven players, including secretary and director general of youth welfare and Prantiya Rakshak Dal Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, have started practising at the university for the championship. Other players include Mandeep Kaur, a DSMNRU student, Palak Kohli, Nithya Sree, Tarun Dhillon, Manoj Sarkar and Sivarajan Solamalai.“All these athletes are training for the Paralympics round the clock and are staying at the university guest house. It’s inspiring for our teachers and students to see world-class players sweating for hours in the badminton court to make India proud on the international platform,” said DSMNRU vice-chancellor Prof Sanjay Singh.He said that national para-badminton coach, Gaurav Khanna, was training these players. “We are proud and happy that we have been selected by SAI as a training centre for preparation for such a big sports event,” he added.

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