By Anupam Soni CHAKRASAN race,a unique sports innovation in which athletes run in chakrasan (a yoga pose akin to awheel) position using both legs and feet, is gaining global recognition through social media, asserts its founder Nagpur’s very own Gajanan Ladi. Chakrasan race is the first official discipline underthe broader concept of Chakrasan Sports,inwhich athletes compete while maintaining the chakrasan.Thesportcombines strength, flexibility,balance, speed, co-ordination and endurance,makingitaunique and challenging competitive discipline. “The recent chakrasan race demonstration presented in Nagpur received an overwhelming response,moreso, on social media. The official demonstration video crossed 3.3 million views,attracting national and international attention and introducing the sport to audiences across several countries.Ican proudly say that chakrasan race is gainingglobalrecognition,”declaredLadi, founder of chakrasan race and also Founder & Director of Chakrasan World Sports Foundation (CWSF), who continues his mission of promoting chakrasan sports,aninnovativesports concept developed in India with the vision of taking it to the global stage.

 

“Following the remarkable response,the official training videos of chakrasan race have also been receivingexcellent public appreciation, further strengthening the growing popularity of the sport,”Ladi added while sharing his information about the sportwith ‘The Hitavada’. According to Ladi, who is alsoPresidentoftheChakrasan SportsAssociation,Nagpur,the long-termvision is to develop chakrasan sports into astructured sports system with multiple disciplines,while promotinginnovation,youth participation andinternational sporting excellence. “Regular trainingsessions arebeing conducted under the supervision of authorised trainers at the official training centrelocated at Maratha Seva Sangh Hall, SurveyNagarnearTrimurti Nagar.The newly-established CWSF aims to promote,develop and expand chakrasan sports through coaching programmes,competitions,research,official rules and structured sports development across district,state,national and international levels,” said Ladi on expansionofthe indigenous sport. “Wehavealready conducted state and national-level chakrasan race championships.Workonstrengthening our administrativeset-up is underway and very soon applicationwillbemadetothe concernedsportsauthoritiesas per the prescribed procedure for recognition. Ouraim is to take the sportfromIndia to the world ... building anew sporting identity,” Ladi signed off.