Guj SAI campus to get centre for para athletes: Rijiju

The Sports Authority of India campus in Gandhinagar will get a global standard high performance training centre for para athletes with focus on athletics, power lifting, badminton and swimming, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju said here Saturday.

Facilities for regular athletes will also be improved by way of infrastructure and training facilities, Rijiju told reporters here.

"We saw many para athletes here at SAI centre. For high performance training, we are going to open a centre at SAI Gandhinagar with a special focus on para athletes. The centre will focus on performance enhancement of para athletes in four disciplines--athletics, power lifting, swimming and badminton," Rijiju said.

"Facilities of regular athletes (at the SAI centre here) will be improved by way of infrastructure and training facilities. We have also sanctioned two hostels, each with a capacity of 300. We will lay foundation stone for a hostel in a month and half. Another