more-inFor the 70-odd Arjuna award winners, Dronacharya awardees and Khel Ratnas, it was a thrilling experience to see the overwhelming talent emerging from the Khelo India School Games. They can come through School Games to College Games and so on till they get to compete in the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and the Olympics,” he added. Vijayan, boxing coach Gurbax Singh Sandhu, and Mansher Singh were some of the talent spotters. If these children are given the right support, they will become champions,” Malleswari said. Regular competitions at this level and the right benefits will go a long way.”Sandhu stressed that the emerging talent together with the available pool of talent, could take Indian sport forward a lot.

Source: The Hindu February 06, 2018 16:07 UTC