He participated in the last five National Para Swimming competitions- Bangalore, Udaipur, Guwahati, Gwalior and lastly in Goa. And i won at least one medal in each competition.
Some of the issues I noticed in Goa National Para Swimming competition are:
Infrastructure: Swimmers were rotted in the hot sun from classification to assembling for the event. Gwalior was the best.
Pool facilities: One of the floats was mostly submerged. All others
Food: Only lunch was provided for the swimmers. No food services for the caregivers and associates even on payment basis. Guwahati was the best!
Accommodation: Zero arrangements for swimmers to stay. Bangalore and Udaipur were best
VIP treatment: separate hall, food court for VIPs. Nowhere else
Results display: Results were displayed only on the next day of the swimming competition. Nowhere else.
Medals: Many of the second and third day competition medals were handed over to the managers, in bulk- Not to swimmers. Nowhere else.
Time management: Every day significant time was devoted to felicitations of political and organizations leaders. No felicitations at Gwalior.
Billboard: Flooded with political and organizational leaders, though there were few displays of three para swimmers. No billboards except Guwahati.
Final day wait: everyone was asked to wait until 2:00 pm for lunch until the political leaders get felicitated. Nowhere else.
Gnana Bharathi
S4 category
Tamil Nadu team
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