PANJIM: While Goa’s gymnastic contingent is extremely happy with the facilities provided to them and their competitors for the Games, they are keen to mount a charge towards the medal podium over the next six days with gymnastic competition kicking off at the Peddem Multipurpose Indoor stadium from Monday.
“We are targeting at least one medal in team and one in individual apparatus,” said Goa coach Vishal Katakdound a day ahead of competition.
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Katakdound insisted the quality of equipment is bound to raise the level of performance for all gymnasts and it would be the same for his team. And the players are keen to make the most of the opportunity they have got this year.
“We have had good preparations and the support from the government has been exceptional. We have players like Swara Godbole and Aabha Sharma who can win medals in individual events and I am hoping that our players will make it to the finals in floor, balance beam and uneven bar,” he added.
The coach felt that the level of competition at this edition of the National Games was going to be quite high with the likes of Pranati Nayak, who recently represented India at the Asian Games, and many top Services gymnasts fit and raring to go.
The Goa Gymnastics Association is already looking beyond the National Games and is keen to build on it to make the State a hub of gymnastics activity in the near future.
