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Praises Pour In For Sudarsan Pattnaik’s ‘Good Luck’ Sand Art For Tokyo Paralympics

Bhubaneswar: With Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games beginning on Tuesday, renowned artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand art on Puri beach in Odisha to wish the players luck.

Replying to the tweet, ace para shuttler from Odisha Pramod Bhagat, who is one of the favourites to win a medal at the Games, wrote: “Means a lot, Sir.”

Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) chief Deepa Malik, who is expecting the country’s para-athletes to create history by recording its best-ever performance at the Games, appreciated the ‘beautiful creative sand art’. “Love depicted in your art is absolutely inspirational. The Athletes will perform with the same passion with which you have made this masterpiece for the Paralympics,” the first woman from India to win a Paralympic medal added.

The Games will see the biggest contingent with 54 athletes from India who will compete in nine sports – archery, athletics, badminton, canoeing, shooting, swimming, powerlifting, table tennis and taekwondo.

 

OB Bureau

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