Altaf, now 19 and a Khelo India athlete since 2019, after he finished in the top five of his event there, trains in Sports Authority of India’s Patiala complex for certain months of the year.
Shraddha is an athlete from Maharashtra, but she trains at SAI and the National Centers of Excellence (NCOE), both in Bhopal. So, winning a gold medal here was like winning at home.
While boxing accounted for 10 of the athletes from the Union Territory and one in athletics – all of them have left on an arduous journey back home barring the six who are participating in the indigenous sport of Thang Ta.