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May 2015
Greetings from Special Olympics Bharat!
Bringing out the Champion in the Athlete – The Coach
Rahgav Krishnan, Rohit Sawant and Bharat Chavan, Special Olympics Bharat Athletes from Maharashtra
gained entry into the Limca Book of Records 2015 for clocking an unbelievable 13 hours and 7 minutes‟
of non-stop swimming. Their performance was recorded by an external referee at Bal Kalyan Sanstha,
Pune.
http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/recordDetail.aspx?rid=85
To guide the Champions through is none other than Abhijeet Tambe, 38 yrs, who has been Coach with
SO Bharat for 10 years. Coaching Special Athletes in Aquatics has been his forte along with managing
them with utmost care and sensitivity. What can be more laudable than leading three athletes, together,
to the Limca Book of Records! Abhijeet went as Aquatics Coach for the Asia Pacific Regional Games in
December 2013 contributing immensely to a collective victory of 4 Gold, 21 Silver and 26 bronze medals
by the Aquatics contingent. As Head Coach Aquatics for the World Summer Games he is concentrating
on a holistic approach towards upgrading swimming skills of his trainees who are preparing for the
upcoming LA Games 2015.
He attended all the preparatory Camps counseling his trainees through sport skills, nutrition and hygiene.
His plan is rolled out at all times where he divides a 5 day camp into 2 days of practice and correction and
3 days of building stamina and sprinting where he clocks the performance of the Athletes. On a day to
day basis, his Athletes are monitored closely having to spend 2 hours of practice daily, out of which one
goes on practice rounds in the first hour and dedicates the next hour to corrections. For his Athletes
residing in cities other than Mumbai he coordinates with the local coaches and also keeps in touch with
the Athletes directly.
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His guidelines speak explicitly about keeping good health and consuming measured quantities of food as
vital ingredients of a good swimming round. “I have to caution Athletes, especially those with Down
Syndrome, about eating light , as a heavy meal would slow them down” , says Abhijeet. Currently, he is
concentrating on his Athletes who are going for the World Games and looks forward to going to Chennai
for the upcoming fourth Preparatory Camp.
Athletes take up the challenge of teeing off at a higher level
Special Olympics Bharat golfing trio, Ankush (20yrs) Kushagra
(18yrs) and Ranveer (14 yrs) participated at the 4th edition of
the Special Olympics Golf Masters 2015, Macao. Held from 20th
to 25th April, the tournament hosted 25 teams from 17
countries including UK, Denmark, Sweden Austria, South Africa,
Switzerland, Zimbabwe, China, Korea etc.
All three levels, namely, Level I, 2 and 5 were conducted across
three days. Level 1 is skills competition like chipping, putting and
iron shots. Level 2 is Unified play of 9 holes. Level 5 is a near
„mainstream Golf‟ competition based on individual stroke play
format. At this level the pin position, greens and tee boxes is as
difficult as mainstream golf positions. Kushagra played levels 1
and 2 while Ankush and Ranveer played level 5, opening SO
Bharat participation at this level. Team India has played Levels
1&2, until this year. It is noteworthy that Ranveer, all of 14,
competed against players who were between ages 20 and 43.
Kushagra Gaur was awarded the 1st Runner up trophy securing
2nd
position in level 1 while Ranveer Saini was awarded a 2nd
Runner up Trophy securing 3rd
position in level 5.Ankush Saha
held an overall 4th position in level 5.The tournament
additionally, served as a great platform for Athletes to practise
competition before they leave for the World Games 2015. View
Pics. More Pics
Young Athlete Program
Fun, frolic and simply more of it! As athletes and Partners met and clicked instantly against the
picturesque backdrop of Meghalaya the Young Athlete Program took off spreading excitement across
Parents, Volunteers and Resource Persons. Action songs broke the ice between athletes coming from
three special schools and partners from Stonyland Primary School. A Warm up session made the unified
group hop, jog, jump and change directions together. Day two graduated to focus on specific skills like
catching, throwing, striking, ball tapping and kicking. The third day took them to an obstacle course
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making them practise what they‟d learnt on the
previous days. The volunteers were there to guide,
motivate and assist them, preparing them with
basic skills required for Soccer, Basketball, Cricket
and Golf. Pics Following the same format with fun
as an essential ingredient Haryana and Tamil
Nadu too conducted the program, presenting this
experience to over 270 Special Athletes falling
between the age 2 and 7years.
Ready to Roll
Dolly‟s burn marks tell the tale of an incident that changed her life
forever. In a fire accident, Dolly lost her mother and had a miraculous
escape herself that left her with a few burn marks. But as the dark hour
lifted, she rose to the warmth of the SOS village, Bhopal, which is the
only SOS village in India for parentless children with disabilities. SOS
Village Bhopal
Dolly, 15 yrs, is an Athlete from Madhya Pradesh preparing to
compete in cycling at the World Summer Games 2015. She was
introduced to Special Olympics 2 years back through Ms. Pratibha
Shrivastava who has been Coach with SO Bharat for 14 years. At the
School within the SOS village she gained as much academic
experience as she could. Drawing, painting and playing with her
house-mates kept her busy. The seriousness of sport at Special
Olympics gave her focus and exposure showing signs of gradual transformation. “I can see tremendous
change in her behaviour. She is happy. She is excited. In fact she is very excited for the next camp as
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she says that she wants to meet her friends there”, says Pratibha.
Apart from Cycling her interest lies in Basketball and Badminton. But
for now it‟s only cycling. Under the guidance of her Coach her
practise regimen begins at 6AM every day, consisting of a warm up
round, stretching and a 12 km cycling round, covering 6km in the
morning and 6km in the evening. Her diet and medical fitness is
constantly monitored to enhance her stamina. She has participated
through the National Championship and all the Preparatory Camps
and is looking forward to the next one in Chennai to step up her skills
even more.
“I want new clothes, shoes, cycle” are her demands which her
guardians are proud and happy to fulfill, seeing her dedicated and
diligent practise sessions.
Unified Sports Events
Unified Football and Bocce were conducted at Jamshedpur, the steel city wherein close to 1000 Athletes,
Partners, Resource Persons &Volunteers participated.
Goa in collaboration with Keshav Seva Sadhana‟s School for Special Children organized Unified Bocce Games on 7th February 2015. Around 55 coaches from different Special schools following Unified Sports
training engaged with 18 Athletes from the school.
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SO Athletes and Bangalore Spurs
A day long Unified Football Program organized by Special Olympics Bharat- Karnataka and Bajaj Auto
Ltd. at the Rashtriya Military School, Bangalore further strengthened the budding partnership with
members of India Spurs, official supporters of Tottenham Hotspur Foundation. Bangalore Spurs members
engaged with Athletes in Warm up and drill sessions, finally making their way to a 7-a-side pitch to play
as teammates! Pics
Already having engaged with SO Athletes at a Tottenham Football Coaching Camp last year, this was
their first involvement playing and competing as teammates. From Delhi to Bangalore and now planning
to engage at Chennai and later, Mumbai, there sure is more to be seen between India Spurs and SO
Bharat in the days to come.
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