Odisha To Focus On Collaborative Culture For Khelo India Youth Games

Odisha To Focus On Collaborative Culture For Khelo India Youth Games

Odisha will make all efforts to extend absolute support to its sportspersons who are aiming to
qualify and win medals in the 2021 Khelo India Youth Games at Panchkula (Haryana). The
Principal Secretary, Sports (Odisha), Vishal Kumar Dev, said this during an interaction with
senior officials and chief coaches of seven state sports associations at a workshop held here on
Tuesday, ‘Collaborative Partnerships for Odisha to Excel in Khelo India Youth Games’. This was
one of the many that will be conducted for the Sports Associations and chief coaches of the
State in the coming days.

The workshop was organised by the Sports & Youth Services Department, Odisha, along with
office-bearers of seven of the state’s sports associations in the first phase, to discuss their
training and competition programme in the countdown to the next Khelo India Youth Games.
Dev urged the office-bearers of the sports associations to plan their annual activities in a
systematic and scientific manner to boost up the prospects of Odisha’s sportspersons who are
aiming to excel at the 2021 Khelo India Youth Games.

Dev said, “The Sports & Youth Services Department, Odisha will offer all types of support to the
state sports associations and the young talent in the state to win medals at the 2021 Khelo India
Youth Games. I request all the officials and chief coaches to work together and come up with
systematic and scientific planning to support the efforts of our sportspersons at the Games.”
He added, “Odisha has High-Performance Centres at the state level for hockey, athletics,
weightlifting, swimming and shooting to name a few which have modern coaches and other
facilities. They will go a long way in supporting our medal prospects for Khelo India Youth
Games. I also look forward to meeting the office-bearers of the other state sports associations in
the near future.”

The office-bearers from seven state sports associations who attended the workshop, along with
their respective chief coaches, included the secretary of Odisha Weightlifting Association,
Narayan Sahu, Odisha Kho-Kho Association secretary, Pradyumna Mishra, Odisha State Judo
Association secretary, Purna Chandra Mishra, Odisha Gymnastics Association secretary, Ashok
Kr. Sahoo, Odisha Badminton Association secretary, Nileen Kumar, Odisha State Bowling
Association secretary, Sumit Ranjan Purohit, the working president of the Odisha Swimming
Association, Pradip Kr. Padhee.

This workshop is aimed at all important disciplines, especially those in which Odisha has a
chance in doing well in Khelo India Games.