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India’s Mallakhamb included as an exhibition sport in 2028 Olympics
The USA Mallakhamb Federation has taken an important step in terms of promotion and training by touring Germany and Canada.
Mallakhamb / Image: USA Mallakhamb Federation
The Indian sport of Mallakhamb, a treasure of Maharashtra, has been included as an exhibition sport in the 2028 Olympic Games to be held in Los Angeles, USA.
Most recently, the USA Mallakhamb Federation took an important step in terms of promotion and training by touring Germany and Canada under the leadership of founder Chinmay Patankar.
“There are six-seven countries which have the recognition of the World Mallakhamb Association. But except for India and America, the propaganda activities of other nations are limited. But we have been working fast since we got the status of an exhibition sport in the Olympics,” Patankar said.
“We are establishing contact with Marathi groups, Hindu organizations, Dhol-Tashe teams, etc. in various countries. As an important part of this, we had successful tours of Canada and Germany, he added.
While giving information about the Canada tour, Patankar said, “We have fixed the period of Ganeshotsav for the Canada tour. The contribution of Amit Tungare, a national pole vaulter from Ottawa, was significant.”
“Many people had never seen Mallakhamb. There was no direction to the information about it. We explained to them about the sport’s revolution in the last 30-40 years. Our main goal was to involve people in the age group of 8 to 50 years in the flow of Mallakhamb,” he further said.
Under the leadership of Patankar, teams of boys and girls from America travelled by bus to Ottawa for the two-day performance which was attended by around 1500 people. Member of Parliament from Nepean, Canada, Chandra Arya felicitated the USA Mallakhamb Federation with a medal.
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