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| January 16, 2010 | Kashmiri ice skaters preparing to represent India in Poland | | Leh: Children in Leh, in Jammu and Kashmir, are attending in an ice-skating camp to represent India at a competition
in Poland in a long track speed skating meet, which will take place from February 10 to 25. The 15-day long track speed skating camp, which has been
organised by the Ice Skating Association of India in partnership with the Ladakh
Winter Sports Club, has brought together 35 youths from Leh and Kargil. "Not many
people
here know a lot about speed skating. This is the first camp of its kind that has
been organised in India and it's here in Leh,” said Ravi Dhillon, long track speed
skating coach. “It's only a 15-day-camp but we will train the children to such
a standard that when they compete at an international level, they will fare well,"
he added. The camp has brought opportunity to many who were unable to pursue
their interest in ice-skating. "I have been studying here in Leh where there are a lot
of skating competitions and this is how my interest came about but I never got
the chance to do anything about it," said Marjuma, a long track speed skating
student. Out of this group, ten will be chosen for a training camp in Poland and
to represent India in a long track speed skating meet, which will take place from
February 10 to 25. | |
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