panaji goa will have enough representation at the special olympics world games in berlin next month as a 23member squad with 13 athletes will be part of the indian contingentthe mega event which will be held from june 1725 will see participation from more than 7000 athletes representing 190 delegations around the worldalternating between summer and winter the world games have become the flagship event of the special olympics movement and have grown to be an international demonstration of inclusion acceptance and unityin the last edition goan athletes performed well in the 2019 edition at abu dhabi the athletes returned home with nine gold six silver and four bronze medalsseven coaches two partners and one assistant staff make up the numbers for the goa squadgoan athletes will feature in futsal men roller skating women powerlifting women unified football athletics basketball judo unified volleyball all men women and handballthe 13 athletes met earlier this week for a training session at the don bosco ground in panaji before splitting into two groups one in margao and the other in panaji to continue with their preparationsour athletes have been undergoing serious training during the buildup to the world games since the past few weeks said victor vaz sports director of special olympics bharat we expect a good show from our goan boys and girls we can easily hope to see at least two or three of our athletes winning and bringing laurels to india and goathe indian contingent will consist of 280 athletes 54 coaches 20 assistant staff hailing from 22 statesthe goan contingent is scheduled to leave on june 7 and make a brief fourday training halt in new delhi before departing for berlin on june 12the opening ceremony of the berlin games will be held at the olympic stadium on june 17