ACHIEVEMENT -- 12:
MUJAMIL WINS NATIONAL
MEDAL AGAIN; GETTING TRAINED FOR OLYMPICS
P
S SUNDAR
A
Mujamil (21) of Boys Company area near Coonoor has brought laurels to The
Nilgiris and Tamil Nadu state yet again – this time by winning Bronze Medal in
the 59th National Open Athletic Championship held in Ranchi.
“Mujamil
has scripted a new chapter in the sporting history of The Nilgiris as he is the
first from this district all these years to win a Medal in Open Athletic
Nationals in 800-metres running race”, his coach Mohammed Azarudeen told me.
“He is also the first in the last 12 years to
win a Medal for Tamil Nadu in 800 metres running event in Open Athletic
Nationals”, he said.
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| Mujamil (left) and Azarudeen |
“In
August, I won Silver Medal in National Inter-state Senior Athletic
Championship. So, this is my second
National Medal in two months. I am happy
to have brought laurels to the Tamil Nadu Athletic Association”, said Mujamil.
In
March, he had won Gold in the Chief Minister’s trophy athletics and received
the trophy and cash award of ₹ one lakh from the CM.
“When
I was a student at St Antony’s Higher Secondary School in Coonoor, I had won
Gold in 800 metres and Silver in 1,500 metres at state level”, recalled
Mujamil who has completed his college study in English Literature. He
had also won Medals at university level athletic meets.
“I
attribute my success to the high-altitude training received from my coach
Mohammed Azarudeen because this training has given me the confidence to win in
National and International level sporting competitions”, he said.
“Considering
the consistent winning of Mujamil, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has
chosen him for the Indian national Camp to be held in Patiala. This will hone up his nuances to win Medal
in the Senior Athletic Championship in March 2020 which will form the selection
ground for 2020 Tokyo Olympics”, said Azarudeen, a certified coach of
International Association of Athletic Federation who has trained a candidate
each for Rio Olympics and Junior Youth Olympics.
Azarudeen
has just returned from Indonesia after attending a fully-sponsored lecturers’
training programme for coaches.
It
was a pleasure to see these youngsters being complimented by another Coonoor-residing
international award winner Pooja Singh Yohan who has just returned from Greece after
winning ‘Triple Crown’ in Haut Monde Mrs Worldwide 2019’ finals – First
Runner-up (South), Mrs Style Icon and Mrs Porto Carras, Greece, making her the
first woman from The Nilgiris all these years to win three titles in one
international contest.
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