Dear All, Greetings from the National Eyeway Helpdesk Please, follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- Aurangabad man becomes first visually-impaired Indian to finish Ironman race. Defying all odds, a man from Aurangabad scripted history by becoming the first visually-impaired Indian to finish an Ironman triathlon in Dubai that involved swimming, bicycling and running. Niket Dalal, 38, achieved the feat with the help of his sighted ally, Arham Shaikh, 27. The Ironman 70.3 consists of a 1.9km swim, 90km bicycle ride and 21.1km marathon that needs to be wrapped up under 8 hours without taking a break. The athletes successfully completed the tedious race in 7 hours and 44 minutes, securing second place in their category of differently-abled athletes. They also completed the race with 46 minutes to spare. It was their first attempt at Ironman Triathlon. The duo trained hard under Pune-based coaching academy PowerPeaks Athlete Lab, founded by coach and pro-athlete Chaitanya Velhal for a period of four months, continuously refining and improving their skill-set for the mammoth task, especially their coordination. While Dalal is a professional speech therapist, Shaikh holds a Masters in Computer Science from Pune University but works full time in the field of athlete performance conditioning. Both athletes have participated in multiple races and competitions before and has many achievements under their belts. Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/aurangabad-man-becomes-first-visually-impaired-indian-to-finish-ironman-race-6257757/ 2. Scholarship Scholarship training program - extensive skill training at Vision Aid centre in Vizag. Vision-Aid India, announces its second Scholarship training programme for the blind or visually impaired students in India to undergo extensive skill training in Computer Applications, Mobile Technologies, Coaching in Banking and Government sector exams and Spoken English. This unique scholarship programme will commence in the middle of March 2020. Aspiring and eligible beneficiaries can reach out before 20th February 2020 to Vision-Aid Centre at L Bullayya College Camps, Vizag or email @ v...@visionaid.org or call on mobile 9962811223/ 9962811223.More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=scholarship-training-program-extensive-skill-training-vision-aid-centre-vizag --
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