By Dhammika Ratnaweera
International sports Federation for the persons with Intellectual Disability (INAS) successfully conducted a workshop for para-athletes last week to focus the forthcoming International meet in Brisbane in October 2019. National Paralympic Committee(NPC) headed by Major General Rajitha Ampemohotty was the organisers of this workshop while INAS project Manager Micheal Thomson and Psychologist Peter Hyneman conducted the event at Hotel Renuka, Kollupitiiya during four days.
Sri Lankan doctors in the Phycology field also got a chance to take part this workshop including over 50 Intellectual Disability para-athletes participating the event.
President of the National Paralympic committee Major General Rajitha Ampemohotty said that Sri Lanka had already received the membership from INAS with other 81 countries. “This is a very important chance for the Para athletes who will take part at the Brisbane athletic meet next year. We are going to start our preparation with this workshop and more than ten months period is good enough for the athletes.” said the Major General.
They are Intellectual disability athletes and we have to focus very well. The participants who were at this work shop got the good knowledge of International law of the para players groupings according to their disabilities . Anula de Costa the Sri Lankan coach live in Australia has came forward to coordinate the NPC and INAS to success this program while Sport Ministry gave good support added NPC Chief.
During the next year Intellectual disability players meet in Brisbane , the games like Athletics, Table Tennis , Basketball, Cricket, Cycling (indoor and outdoor road race) , Hose Racing, Futsal Handball, Para Hockey, Rowing , Taekwondo, Tennis, Marathon and Half Marathon , Cross country race, and Indoor Athletics sports will be conducted and NPC already plan to select the players for few games which have facilities here in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan para athletes already took 14 medals at the recently concluded Para Asian Games in Jakartha. NPC have long term and short term plans to get successful results from the Para athletes . Already two para athletes won the most important Paralympic medals recently said NPC chief .
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