Farmer’s son from Theni wins 800m Asian youth silver
CHENNAI: B Mahesh, who hails from the Theni district in Tamil Nadu, won silver in the 800m boy’s event at the 0.33 Children Asian athletics championships in Hong Kong on Sunday. Mahesh clocked 1.51.48 to complete 2d-excellent. The gold was won by Japan’s Allon Tatsunami Clay (1:50:57) at the same time as India’s Sumit Kharab settled for the bronze at 1 minute and fifty-five. Eighty-one seconds. “My target became to finish the race in 1 minute and fifty-two seconds, and I am glad to have finished that. However, I felt my timing could have been even higher, and there is unhappiness in missing out on the gold,” Mahesh informed the TOI. The 17-year-vintage son of a farmer from Vadugapatti, a village in Theni, caught many’s attention for the National School Games held in New Delhi closing December.
“I received gold within the 800m and silver in the 1500m classes during that competition. While I have gained medals in tournaments before as nicely, but t occasion made many aware of my performance,” Matheson added. Subsequently, Mahesh reigned perfectly within the 800m and 1500m events at the Khelo India Youth Games held in Pune in January this year. His first brush with strolling didn’t give up on a current word. “I took element in a zonal meet when I was in elegance V and failed to do nicely. Despite now not winning a medal within the first few tries,
I did not lose wish,” Matheson recalled. Once he was associated with educating K Kannan, matters appeared brighter. “He has been a guiding light for me. Hailing from a family with a minimal approach, Kannan sir helped me join the sports activities hostel in Madurai, and there was no looking back. My parents have been, first of all, reluctant about me taking this path. However, they’re happy after seeing the consequences. All this wouldn’t have occurred without Kannan sir’s efforts,” stated the American College Higher Secondary School class XI scholar in Madurai. Kannan, Mahesh’s trainer for over three years now, is a difficult taskmaster.
“He follows each of my commands without ever asking a question. I no longer follow his food regimen and workouts; additionally, I make certain he stays far from social media and avoids needless distractions during his workouts. In the middle of an occasion, his awareness must be on the assignment beforehand and no longer on something else,” Kannan stated. Mahesh’s next target will be to clear his class XI assessments. “Once I am returned to India, my purpose could be to clear the exams. I neglected the exams due to this event and will clean them in the coming weeks,” he stated.
