www.specialolympicsbharat.org March 2017 Greetings from Special Olympics Bharat Best of luck to Team SO Bharat- Hon’ble Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Minister ,Shri Vijay Goel Geared Up- Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 Austria Having participated in 6 Camps for Winter sports held across different locations in India since December 2015, 89 Athletes, 23 Coaches along with the youth leaders, officials, staff and family members have reached Austria for the Mega event- The Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 Austria. On 2 March the Flame of Hope for the World Games was lit during a formal torch lighting ceremony in Athens. In keeping with tradition, this ceremony took place at the Zappeion Palace in Athens, Greece where the flame was
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www.specialolympicsbharat.org
March 2017
Greetings from Special Olympics Bharat
Best of luck to Team SO Bharat- Hon’ble Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Minister ,Shri Vijay
Goel
Geared Up- Special Olympics World Winter Games 2017 Austria
Having participated in 6 Camps for Winter sports held
across different locations in India since December 2015,
89 Athletes, 23 Coaches along with the youth leaders,
officials, staff and family members have reached Austria
for the Mega event- The Special Olympics World Winter
Games 2017 Austria.
On 2 March the Flame of Hope for the World Games was
lit during a formal torch lighting ceremony in Athens. In
keeping with tradition, this ceremony took place at the
Zappeion Palace in Athens, Greece where the flame was
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lit by the sun’s rays and carried out by the High Priestess and the Priestesses. The Flame of Hope was
then transferred to Austria where the Law Enforcement Torch Run® (LETR) Final Leg was formally
launched on 9 March, beginning its journey across towns and cities throughout Austria concluding with
the Flame of Hope being delivered to the Opening Ceremony of the Special Olympics World Winter
Games in Austria on 18 March
An estimated 2,700 Special Olympics Athletes from 107 nations are expected to gather in Austria for the
World Winter Games. The Games will feature nine different winter sports in venues located in the cities of
Graz, Schladming and Ramsau. A spectacular Opening Ceremony at the Stadium Planai in Schladming
on March 18th will signal the beginning of eight days of sporting competition. It is expected that 1000
media professionals from around the world will attend and cover the biggest sporting and humanitarian
event in 2017 – the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. More
Aiming to win with Flying Colours
The Athletes coloured the sky with holi ecstasy.
The sound of joy and hope reached a crescendo as
they threw dry colour also bringing in the ESPN
team who had arrived from the United States of
America to film Shikha Rani Figure Skater from
Una, Himachal Pradesh, India. Adding an unusual
dimension to the final leg of preparations for the
At the fifth edition of Aarya awards, organized by Parichay foundation, Sarita Routray Athlete- SO Bharat Odisha was felicitated (sports Category) by Nobel Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi. Aarya Awards were presented to 12 Women of Substance for their outstanding contribution to the society at the Hotel Crown, Bhubaneswar, on 5th March 2017. Sarita, youngest of all the recipients, bagged the award for excellence in sports. She left for the 2017 Austria games with the rest of the contingent.
She has been the torch-bearer for SOB, OLS, the State of Odisha, India and her family for the last 5 years or so. However, the climb so far has not been free of hardships for her. Her father is a person with hearing impairment and earns a paltry sum as a house painting worker.
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Shikha & Microsoft : Mission 3000
Highlighting Shikha Rani , figure skater, referring to her as an ‘Epitome of Resolve’ is how Microsoft demonstrated its support to the International Women’s Day , at their plush office in Gurgaon on 8 March 2017.Shikha , her sister Nitu along with Virender Kumar and Raman Rekhi from SO Bharat were invited at the program also attended by 35-40 Microsoft Senior officials at the office and 50 more from their offices across Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Gurgaon, connecting live through skype.
Mr Balendu Sharma Dadhich, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, opened the program introducing Shikha and
speaking about his visit to Una in January 2017, also encapsulated in a blog written by him Blog
“I came back yesterday after meeting Shikha at her village Deoli. It was a memorable experience. Shikha highly impressed me with her talent, determination, innocence and friendly nature. Not only she is a sporting talent, she also likes to dance, cook and knit. Even though she doesn’t have fingers, she can write in a very good handwriting and can also type”- Balendu (20 January 2017) Read More