JALANDHAR
A talent identification program is being conducted by the Cycling Federation of India to encourage youth for sports at the grassroots level. Under which the sports trails of budding sportspersons of Jalandhar will be organized on July 28, 2024, from 7 AM to 6 PM at Government Arts and Sports College, Jalandhar. Boys and girls (12 to 14 years) from Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur, and SBS Nagar can participate in these trails.
Giving information in this regard, the convener of the talent identification program Jagdeep Singh Kahlon said that the talent identification program is being conducted in the whole of Punjab, the main purpose of which is to connect the youth with sports and especially cycling so that Cycling can be promoted in Punjab. Under this, the youngsters will be selected and sent to the academies of the Cycling Federation of India, where their accommodation, food, training, sports equipment will be provided free of cost.
Kahlon said that the budding sportspersons from all the districts of Punjab are to be selected through trials and the selected players will be sent for the final trials in Delhi. Boys and girls (12 to 14 years) born in 2010, 2011, and 2012 from Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur, and SBS Nagar can participate in these trials at Arts and Sports College, Jalandhar.
In these trials, the sportspersons must pass the standing broad jump, high jump (vertical), and 1600 meters for boys and 800 meters for girls. Interested players should bring their eligibility (Aadhar card), age-proof certificates, and 04 passport-size photographs to the venue.