India: UPOA prefers Olympics games at university level

Kanpur: Generally games and sports in schools or colleges or universities are encouraged to raise the physical fitness of the students but this traditional notion seems to be changing with the passing of time. Now only those games will be promoted and encouraged that fetch prestige boosting medals in the Olympics.

In this regard, the UP Olympics Association sports chairman Rajat Aditya Dixit said that the players' future would improve at this strict change by giving focus on games finding a place in the Olympics. University players were now being trained in those sports getting a place in the Olympics.

Further, CSJMU sports secretary Dr R P Singh made it clear that there war restriction on non-Olympics sports in the university from the very beginning. Only cricket is staying.

Games like circle style Kabbadi, American football, indoor hockey, floorball, kickboxing and various others will be removed the list of University games. The Uttar Pradesh Olympics Association ( UPOA) has listed as many as one hundred such sports for removal. CSJM University has deleted more than a dozen sports from its list.

The reason as sports analysts say is containing unnecessary expenses and wastage of time if those games remain redundant in bringing medals in Olympics.

It has now become clear that the Olympics games will be included in the list for training can do the purpose the association aims to achieve.