Indian athletes take part Education Workshop

Elite Indian athletes under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, including weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, sprinter Hima Das and heptathlete Swapna Barman, Thursday took part in an 'Athlete Education Workshop' to learn about important off-field lessons here Thursday.

The workshop, conducted by Sports Authority of India (SAI), touched upon some pertinent non-sporting issues that players have to deal with during the course of their career.

The workshop was conducted keeping in mind that many of the Indian athletes are very young and need guidance on how to draw up endorsement contracts with corporate houses, how to conduct themselves in public forums and how to interact with international media after competitions, a SAI media release said.

Experts from the fields of law, soft skills training, media and anti-doping spoke to athletes in a three-hour session, which was attended by 100 athletes and coaches.

A session on anti-doping was also included in the workshop to brief these star athletes on .