roorkee libberheri village in narsan block of haridwar district is known for its culture of sports for years enthusiasts have taken it upon themselves to build sports academies and have trained youngsters in several disciplines like wrestling judo kabaddi and volleyball villagers claim around two dozen sportspersons from libberheri have played in national tournaments ahead of the upcoming polls to choose a panchayat head villagers say they will elect the candidate who would allocate land for a khelo india centre of excellence in libberheriresidents believe a khelo india centre kic of excellence several of which have been built across the country under the union sports ministrys khelo india initiative with an aim to groom grassroot talent is the villages need of the hour ours is a unique village we groom a large number of young talented sportspersons the village being dominated by members of the jat community residents have physiques wellsuited for sports activities a kic would take us to new heights said vikas logan a resident local wrestler omvir singh a recipient of bharat kesri title is credited with starting sports culture in the village when he opened a wrestling academy using his own savings two decades ago singh especially encouraged girls to take part in the sport grooming his two daughters to become wrestlers a student of singhs academy shalu chaudhary a nationallevel judo champion and a bronze medalist in the 2019 commonwealth judo championship is currently serving as a constable in uttarakhand police her brother shubham kumar 26 is also an international judo player and a silver medalist in the south asian federation saf games who is serving as a constable in the bsf in delhi speaking to toi kumar said like many other youngsters our guru omvir ji trained me and my sister in wrestling later he also arranged judo training for us libberheri is also home to uttarakhand kabaddi academy where coach ravindra and ravi kumar train the states kabaddi team