The Indian contingent at a send-off occasion earlier than leaving for the Special Olympics World Games in Berlin.
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After the opening ceremony, the first day of the Special Olympics World Games kicked off with a whole lot of fanfare, with varied divisioning occasions unfold out all through the town of Berlin. The Indian contingent participated in divisioning occasions throughout 14 out of 16 sports activities.
The largest performances of the day got here from swimming, the place 11 out of 12 Indian athletes certified for the semi-finals of their respective classes of 25m freestyle, 25m breaststroke, and 50m breaststroke. Also, 4 Indians certified for the semi-finals in Athletics.
The Indian Men’s soccer workforce and Women’s soccer workforce additionally competed within the group levels of 7-a-side matches. While the Men’s workforce earned a draw towards Saint Lucia, the Women’s workforce managed to eke out a win over Israel.
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Earlier within the day, Special Olympics introduced the formation of the Global Leadership Coalition for Inclusion, a pioneering multilateral effort to assist folks with mental disabilities. For the first time, governments, industries, philanthropists and the event group got here along with a shared world dedication to extend inclusive practices in schooling and sport and create extra inclusive faculties and communities.
Over the subsequent three years, coalition members have dedicated to increasing inclusive sports activities and schooling alternatives to over 20,00,000 younger folks in additional than 1,50,000 faculties and scaling Special Olympics programming to 180 nations. The discussions between Special Olympics Bharat and the Ministry of Education in India are already underway to introduce the Inclusive format of Sports in faculties and schools.
The second day of motion will see a number of extra divisioning occasions happen by the course of the day, with medal rounds anticipated to start on June 20.
