The Deafolympians, who had staged a protest at the airport for not getting a proper welcome by the Sports Ministry, have demanded that they should be treated at par with para-athletes
The Deafolympians, who had staged a protest at the airport for not getting a proper welcome by the Sports Ministry, have demanded that they should be treated at par with para-athletes.
The Deafolympians, who had won five medals including a gold in the Deafolympics held at Samsun in Turkey from July 18 to 30, had refused to leave Delhi airport, protesting that no top official from the Sports Ministry came to receive them. Later on, they met Sports Secretary Injeti Srinivas and put forth the demand that Deafolympians should be treated at par with para-athletes.
Virender Kumar (74 kg freestyle wrestling) was the lone gold winner for India and his coach Maha Singh Rao said that Srinivas has promised to put up the matter (treating Deafolympians at par with para-athletes) before a Ministry committee.
"We met the Sports Secretary and we put the demand that Deafolympians should be treated at par with para-athletes and he has promised to put up the matter to a committee of the ministry to take a decision," said Rao.
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