Abhishek Navale first Indian to hold 3 world records in roller skating
8:27 PM Posted by ukmad
Belgaum’s youngster Abhishek Navale now has a unique distinction to himself by becoming the first Indian to hold 3 world records in roller skating.
- Abhishek with his world records
First record: Longest distance skated on road (under 8 years) 540 kms from Bangalore to Belgaum in six days. He achieved this fete on November 1, 2008.
Second Record: Longest Limbo skating under the Bars, where he covered a distance of 12 feet by gliding himself under a bar 8.7 inches, he did this on 25th July 2009.
Third Record: on 25th July 2009, he also he became the world record holder for longest backward Limbo skating under vehicle (10 Tata Sumos).
The world records acadamey has recognized all these there records making him the first Indian to achieve this fete.
Abhishek is a student of Std.2 of A V H English Medium School, Belgaum.
Aniket Chindak now in the Ripley’s Believe It or Not book
4:26 PM Posted by ukmad
Belgaum is in media coverage by the global media for the past year due to the young, very young skaters from town. Be it Rohan Konkane or this young lad Aniket Chindak who has got himself into the Ripley’s Believe It or Not book for ceating a world record for the longest limbo-skating feat by squeezing himself under a row of 82 Tata Sumo vehicles in just 53.02 seconds.
Aniket trains four hours a day and was skating 60 miles a week in pursuit of the new challenge. Aniket’s record figures in the World Records Book of 2008 brought out by the World Records Academy of Romania and the Limca Book of Achievements of 2009.
Aniket, studies in Precious Blossoms School, Belgaum had earlier managed to skate under 57 cars in 45 seconds. He has now bettered his feat.
The star kid will go to the US next month for a felicitation function.
Longest blindfold limbo skating-world record set by Rohan Kokane of Belgaum
1:37 PM Posted by ukmad
Rohan Ajit Kokane, a Class IV student from St. Xavier’s High School of Belgaum, successfully cleared the Guinness World Record attempt in blindfold limbo skating by passing under a car blindfolded in Hubli on April 3, 2009. As the crowd applauded him with a standing ovation, tears of happiness rolled down the eyes of Anupama, Rohan’s mother, while the proud father Ajit stood speechless for a moment. When reporters asked Rohan how he felt, he said “Achcha lagta hai” (It feels good). And, he didn’t forget to thank his parents and coach for his achievement. The record attempt was organized as part of a national-level technical festival “Pleiades”. Rohan has been working very hard and he will be performing in front of the President of India in a short time. People like Rohan have to be supported financially by the government and other social groups as he needs money to get himself trained. Hope the government looks into this achievement of Rohan and grants him some scholarship which will encourage him to achieve more in life. Congrats Rohan, You have made us all proud.
Nine-year-old student Rohan Ajit Kokane passed under a car (clearing a height of 6.75 inches) blindfolded-setting the world record for the Longest blindfold limbo skating.
Unfazed by the failure of the first two attempts, Rohan passed under the car (clearing a height of 6.75 inches) with ease in his third and final attempt to create a new Guinness Record in a new category.
Then it was celebration time with students entering the basketball ring where the record attempt was made to greet the achiever.
Rohans father Ajit, thanked this blog for covering the event held in August (see here) that helped Rohan get the record certificate as the World Record Academy was verified with various websites on the authenticity of the event. 
Rohan Kokane of Belgaum makes a record in skating
6:18 PM Posted by ukmad
The seven-year-old limbo skater from Belgaum city, Rohan Kokane, has staked claim to world record by comfortably skating under a bar with a clearance height of 6.5” in backward direction and 5.7” in forward direction in an auditorium in the city on Friday.Rohan’s coach Suryakant Hindalgekar at Belgaum Roller Skating Academy claimed that Rohan created new world records indeed. All the evidences such as videos and other data about the event recorded would be sent to the Guinness World Records, the Limca Book of Records, and the World Records Academy.
I had posted a story earlier about the said event.
And the young lad has done it and makes us proud of such young kids breaking records. Keep it up Young guns….
See original story on The Hindu here
Rohan Ajit Kokane Skating to glory
8:10 AM Posted by ukmad
Rohan, son of Ajit Kokane of Belgaum, is working hard to create a history on Independence Day by skating under bars with a clearance height of 6 inches, not only in the forward direction but also in reverse skating.
If this happens, Rohan will be the second roller skater in the world after Zoey Beda of the U.S., who has earned nickname "Roller Limbo Princess" when she created a history by skating in reverse direction under 11 inches clearing height. But, Rohan will be setting a new world record by reverse skating under bars with 6 inches of clearing height.Suryakant Hindalgekar, Shashidhar Pol and Umesh Kalghatagi at the Belgaum Roller Skating Academy are training Rohan, a Class II student of St. Xavier’s School in the city.
See original story on The Hindu here
Belgaum's Aniket Chindak makes Limbo Skating record:81 cars this time
2:23 PM Posted by ukmad
The boy Aniket Chindak had created a record of limbo skating under 51 Sumo vehicles in 43.31 seconds, in Feb 2007. The event was jointly sponsered by Rotary club of Belgaum and Roller Skating Academy here in Adarsh Nagar.
Sports Authority of India Director Suresh Harmilap, M S Tyagi and Roller Ball Federation of India Secretary Raju Dabade watched the event.
Thousands of Children, men and women cheered the boy during the event. He was felicitated by the District Collector. He now plans to go to Malaysiato do Snow Skating.
