Visakhapatnam skater Greeshma Dontara along with her coach P Satyanarayana
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At 15, Visakhapatnam girl Greeshma Dontara is on one cloud 9, having bagged a gold and two silver at the recently-concluded nineteenth version of the Asian Roller-Skating Championship held in Beidaihe, China.
It has been simply a day since she returned and she is already aiming for her subsequent occasion. “This is a big boost for me and a dream-come-true. I have been skating since I was four years old and it has become second nature to me,” says a beaming Greeshma, who obtained a rousing welcome when she returned from China.
Greeshma owes her success to her coaches P Satyanarayana and Chitti Babu. “They have been instrumental in my journey to reach here and have relentlessly worked on my techniques and postures to compete at the international level,” says the class X scholar of Visakha Valley School.
Greeshma clinched a gold in the youth class of the inventive in-line occasion and two silvers in freestyle and pair skating in the youth class. To honour her expertise, Greeshma has been invited as a model ambassador of Aadudam Andhra Sports Tournament by the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh.
Visakhapatnam girl Greeshma Dontara (center) who bagged gold at the nineteenth Asian Roller Skating Championship.
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According to her, focus and consistency are the most essential talent units in the sport. The skating champion is at the moment getting ready for the State championship to be held in Tanuku in November, adopted by the nationals to be held in Chennai in December.
Greeshma additionally represented India in the Asian Games the place she completed in the sixth place in the lady’s inventive single free skating. To put together for the competitors, she began coaching in athletics.
“She devoted nearly one and a half hours of athletic training every day from April onwards. This significantly improved her flexibility and fitness,” says Sharmila Dontara, her mom.
Sharmila says, Greeshma’s turning level was when she was chosen for the World Skate Oceania competitors in Australia and needed to carry out on a rink with wood floors. “In India, we have rinks with cement floor where she was trained all through. So, she had to get used to the wooden floor rink when she was in Australia. Though she couldn’t get a medal there, she got the experience of working on her shortcomings such as body postures and movement from one element to the other on a wooden flooring. That exposure helped her a lot at the Asian Championships,” says Sharmila. While skating is her ardour, Greeshma makes positive that she catches up along with her research and doesn’t lag behind as she gears up for the CBSE Board exams subsequent 12 months.
