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Sports legend Milkha Singh on Wednesday announced his association with a multi-sport fitness programme aimed at school-going children in the age group of 4-17 years — Milkha Surefit.
The programme will use scientifically developed and tested criterion to identify the right sport fitment for a child based on physical tests and examinations.
Singh said: “It has been 60 years since the country, with 120 crore population, won a gold at Olympics. I want more children to get better in athletics and win medals.”
Under the fitness curriculum, children will be trained in appropriate exercises and activities relevant to the sport to which they qualify. The existing sports trainers and coaches in schools will be imparted 30-40 hours of training to train the students.
Amit Dube, Founder and CEO of Surefit said: “We are in talks with CBSE, ICSE schools in Delhi-NCR and want to start the programme in this academic year.” He did not divulge details on the fee model.
The programme was first designed by Hungarian sports scientist Istvan Balyi. It is a combined study by him and other leading sports scientists and medicine experts.
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