GAIL launches sports talent hunt for India
24 Sept 2014 5:04 AM IST
Aiming to identify Olympics medal winners, state-owned gas utility GAIL India Ltd on Monday launched the first edition of India's most ambitious sports talent hunt 'GAIL: The Fastest Indian' in association with Spoment.
Legendary athlete Milkha Singh is the mentor of the talent hunt, which will identify, groom and develop champions athletics keeping in mind 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
'The talent hunt is aimed at finding next Milkha of India and will be conducted across 19 cities reaching over 3,000 schools in the age group of 12 to 14 years. The event is spread into finding best talents in 100 metre, 200 metre and 400 metre race for both, boys and girls,' GAIL said. Winners from their respective cities would be competing to become 'GAIL: The Fastest Indian' on 14 December, 2014 at Bengaluru in the finals, where one boy and one girl from each category will be selected.
Winners of the finals of 'GAIL: The Fastest Indian' would be trained by renowned national and international sports trainers, where they would get specialised training needed to compete at the international events.
Legendary athlete Milkha Singh is the mentor of the talent hunt, which will identify, groom and develop champions athletics keeping in mind 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
'The talent hunt is aimed at finding next Milkha of India and will be conducted across 19 cities reaching over 3,000 schools in the age group of 12 to 14 years. The event is spread into finding best talents in 100 metre, 200 metre and 400 metre race for both, boys and girls,' GAIL said. Winners from their respective cities would be competing to become 'GAIL: The Fastest Indian' on 14 December, 2014 at Bengaluru in the finals, where one boy and one girl from each category will be selected.
Winners of the finals of 'GAIL: The Fastest Indian' would be trained by renowned national and international sports trainers, where they would get specialised training needed to compete at the international events.
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