April eighth, 2025, New Delhi: The five-day lengthy Males’s and Girls’s Nationwide Curler Skating Championship got here to a conclusion at Leisure Valley Skating Ring, Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana, Punjab in Ludhiana, with Andhra Pradesh rising as the highest state with 18 medals
Organised by the Punjab chapter of Particular Olympics Bharat, the event was part of the preparations for the Particular Olympics World Summer time Video games 2027 and served as a platform to advertise consciousness and create high-level alternatives for athletes with mental disabilities.
The event was graced by a number of particular dignitaries as Chief Friends together with Shri Sanjeev Arora, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, and Shri Himanshu Jain, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana.
Representing 20 states, 110 athletes, comprising 47 feminine and 63 male athletes, took half throughout eight sporting disciplines – 30m Straight, 30m Slalom, 100m, 300m, 500m, 1000m, Relay 2×200 and Relay 2×100. Round 60 coaches, volunteers and useful resource personnel additionally participated in making the occasion an enormous success.
The athletes from Andhra Pradesh carried out nicely to win 6 gold, 5 silver and seven bronze medals. In the meantime, Goa (4 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze) and Haryana (7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze) adopted up with 15 medals every whereas Gujarat earned 14 medals (3 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze).
States with most medals:
1) Andhra Pradesh – 18 (6 gold, 5 silver, 7 bronze)
2) Goa – 15 (4 gold, 4 silver, 7 bronze)
3) Haryana – 15 (7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
4) Gujarat – 14 (3 gold, 5 silver, 6 bronze)
5) Punjab – 13 (6 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze)
6) Chandigarh – 11 (5 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)
7) Delhi – 11 (6 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
8) Himachal Pradesh – 11 (4 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze)
9) Maharashtra – 11 (3 gold, 3 silver, 5 bronze)
10) Kerala – 8 (1 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze)
Dr. Mallika Nadda, President of Particular Olympics Bharat, applauded the occasion, stating, “We’re elated to have concluded the 2025 Nationwide Curler Skating Championship at Ludhiana, Punjab. This championship is not only about competitors—it’s about inclusion, dignity and recognizing the immense potential inside each athlete. It’s about welcoming everybody, celebrating every athlete’s price and shining a highlight on the superb abilities that usually go unnoticed. Collectively, we’re tearing down partitions and constructing ramps—so everybody can roll ahead with confidence and satisfaction. Thanks to each athlete, coach, volunteer and member of the family and particularly Paramjeet Sachdeva ji, Space Director, SO Bharat – Punjab, Your ardour fuels this motion. Let’s maintain rolling towards a world the place everybody belongs. With this event, we kick begin our preparations for the 2027 Particular Olympics World Summer time Video games.”
About Particular Olympics Bharat
Particular Olympics Bharat is a Nationwide Sports activities Federation accredited by Particular Olympics Inc. USA, to conduct sports activities and growth packages throughout India. Particular Olympics is a worldwide inclusion motion utilizing sport, well being, schooling, and management packages every single day world wide to finish discrimination in opposition to and empower folks with mental disabilities. Particular Olympics Bharat is acknowledged by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports activities, Authorities of India as a Nationwide Sports activities Federation for the event of Sports activities for Individuals with Mental Disabilities. It’s incumbent to tell that Particular Olympics and Paralympics are separate entities whereby the previous reaches out to Individuals with Mental Disabilities and, the latter to these with bodily challenges. SO Bharat has over 1.5 million Athletes registered throughout all of the States and Union Territories of India.
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