{"id":16058,"date":"2020-11-19T21:34:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T16:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=16058"},"modified":"2020-11-19T21:34:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T16:04:01","slug":"indian-para-cyclists-join-hands-with-aditya-mehta-foundation-to-scout-talents-and-raise-awareness-of-para-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=16058","title":{"rendered":"Indian para cyclists join hands with Aditya Mehta Foundation to scout talents and raise awareness of para sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<h1 class=\"news_heading detail_title\">Indian para cyclists join hands with Aditya Mehta Foundation to scout talents and raise awareness of para sports<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-display panel-1col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel panel-col\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-panels-mini pane-news-details\">\n<div id=\"mini-panel-news_details\" class=\"panel-display panel-2col clearfix\">\n<div class=\"panel-panel panel-col-first\">\n<div class=\"inside\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-views pane-news\">\n<div class=\"view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block view-dom-id-196553f502d2a377c6d684eb82f5a015\">\n<div class=\"view-content\">\n<div class=\"item-list\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first views-row-last\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"social_share detail_share\">\n<p class=\"date\">\n<div class=\"social_share_box\"><span class=\"share\">Share Now<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"contrast_light\" src=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sites\/all\/themes\/cmf\/theme\/images\/share.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"sharebtns\">\n<li class=\"s_icons\"><a class=\"facebook\" title=\"The in%2Fsports%2Findian-para-cyclists-join-hands-aditya-mehta-foundation-scout-talents-and-raise-awareness file Open in new window\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fddnews.gov.in%2Fsports%2Findian-para-cyclists-join-hands-aditya-mehta-foundation-scout-talents-and-raise-awareness\" target=\"_BLANK\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"s_icons\"><a class=\"twitter\" title=\"The in%2Fsports%2Findian-para-cyclists-join-hands-aditya-mehta-foundation-scout-talents-and-raise-awareness file Open in new window\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fddnews.gov.in%2Fsports%2Findian-para-cyclists-join-hands-aditya-mehta-foundation-scout-talents-and-raise-awareness\" target=\"_BLANK\">Share on Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"views-field views-field-php-1\"><span class=\"field-content\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Indian para cyclists join hands with Aditya Mehta Foundation to scout talents and raise awareness of para sports\" src=\"http:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/sites\/default\/files\/cycle_3.jpg\" alt=\"Indian para cyclists join hands with Aditya Mehta Foundation to scout talents and raise awareness of para sports\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"news_content\">\n<p class=\"heading_small\">Spearheaded by India\u2019s first para cyclist and Limca Book of Records holder Aditya Mehta, Asian Para Cycling Championship bronze medallist Harinder Singh and Asian Games Track Cycling bronze medallist, Gurlal Singh, along with country\u2019s many other para-cyclists began their ride from Kashmir to Kanyakumari as part of the \u201cInfinity Ride 2020\u201d&#8211; a ride that aims to raise awareness and reach out to para talents from across the country.<\/p>\n<p>The ride, a brain-child of the Aditya Mehta Foundation (AMF) and supported by Border Security Force (BSF), took off from Nishant Bagh, Srinagar on Thursday. Rakesh Asthana, Director General BSF flagged off the ride. The journey will end at Tirunelveli, Kanyakumari on December 29.<\/p>\n<p>The Infinity ride aims to discover budding para sporting talent across the country and nurture and prepare them to compete at the highest levels and represent India at the global stage. The Aditya Mehta Foundation has been relentlessly working with people with disability since its inception in 2013 and now powered with Asia\u2019s first Infinity Para Sports Academy and Rehabilitation Centre which was established last year in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>The 2020 edition will be covering 34 cities in 41 days.<\/p>\n<p>The Infinity ride, which is in its sixth year, will be covering 3801 km long route comprising treacherous mountain terrains as they embark on this strenuous and challenging journey.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation has 200 beneficiaries who have been given prosthetic limbs and customised adaptive devised for sports activities so far.<\/p>\n<p>The AMF backed athletes have also won 90 international medals so far in various para sports and tournaments. The foundation also has successfully touched the lives of more than 1000 injured jawans and civilians, who have not only been rehabilitated but also motivated to excel as Indian athletes to win laurels for the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian para cyclists join hands with Aditya Mehta Foundation to scout talents and raise awareness of para sports Share Now Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Spearheaded by India\u2019s first para cyclist and Limca Book of Records holder Aditya Mehta, Asian Para Cycling Championship bronze medallist Harinder Singh and Asian Games Track Cycling bronze medallist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16059,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16058\/revisions\/16059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}