Devansh agarwal

Special Olympics Asia Pacific Bocce: Special Olympics Bharat (SOB), the national federation promoting sports for athletes with intellectual disabilities, has announced a 16-member squad that will represent the country in the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Bocce and Bowling Competition, to be held from November 18 to 22 here at the Thyagaraj Sports Complex. The squad consists of eight athletes each for both Bocce and Bowling, along with eight coaches who will assist them.

The men’s Bocce squad comprises Kabir Pritam Baruah, Ebenezer David, Wilfred Dsouza, and Devansh Agarwal and will be coached by P.Arun and S.Anandan while the Women’s squad will see Priyanka, Manjula, Purnima Madan and G. Subhashini take the field. The team will be under the tutelage of Mamta and Pushpa Tripathi.

The Indian women’s bowling team will have Neha Singh, Simran Pujara, Shraddha Patel, and Susri Sangeeta Nayak representing the side in the prestigious event and will be coached by Shafali Gupta and Anupama Singh. Meanwhile, the men’s team will be represented by Ibhanan Sahu, Ankit, Prakash Veghela and Nirupam Dey. Akshat Sharma and Ileshbhai Raval will be the coaches of the side.