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OID‰‰‰†KOID‰‰‰†OID‰‰‰†MOID‰‰‰†C The Times of India, New Delhi, Saturday,August 30, 2003 Glam gals of athletics Schumi’s warning Up above the bar Move away tennis babes, athletics’ Don’t write us off yet, says Michael Goalkeepers make news mostly for their glam gals are here. Yipsi Moreno of Schumacher. The Ferrari ace in- blunders. But Gianluigi Buffon has Cuba and Russian Debbie Harry, gold tends to fight it out to the final done it by winning the European and silver winners in hammer at bend. With two points separating Player of Year award ahead of Paris, have proved that athletes can the top three, he needs to do just Carlos (best defender), Nedved be good and can look good too that in the 3 remaining races (midfielder) and Nistelrooy (striker) Anju Bobby George reaches long-jump final at World Athletics We worry about break points and pulled ham- strings and here he is with the possibility of dying This Mahabharata has a happy ending within a short time. Sanjay Sekhri TIMES NEWS NETWORK —Martina Navratilova Hall, hockey star Gagan Ajit Singh re- ceived the loudest cheers when he rose on Leander Paes New Delhi: The rancour and misgiv- to receive his Arjuna. His electrifying ings of the past few weeks gave way to goals against Pakistan in the recently- SPORTS DIGEST bonhomie, pride and joy as the coun- held Champions Trophy must have try’s highest sports awards, the Arjuna AFP been fresh in everybody’s memories. Awards, were given away here on Fri- Among the awardees were several day by President APJ Abdul Kalam. veterans but it were the babes who stole The feeling was epitomised beautifu- ly by runner K.M. Beenamol and shoot- the limelight. Gagan, who at 22 is al- er Anjali Bhagwat. The two ladies, who ready a DSP with Punjab Police, was at were seen hugging each other during his linguistic best as he was made to an- the dress rehearsal on Thursday, stood swer media queries in Hindi, English proudly side by side to receive the first and Punjabi. Young golfer Shiv Kapur and most prestigious award of the day: landed for the awards on Friday morn- the Khel Ratna. ing itself, coming all the way from US. The entire episode had erupted into a And he was scheduled to leave for Giuseppe Gibilinsco of Italy cele- controversy when the awards commitee Cairns in Australia the same night to brates after winning gold in the recommended two names for the Khel join the Indian contingent for the No- men’s pole vault final on Thursday Ratna and 21 for the Arjuna. The gov- mura Cup. Mamta Kharab, the elfin during the 9th IAAF World Athlet- ernment initially refused to cross the hockey striker, was another youngster ics Championships at the Stade de stipulated numbers but eventually who seemed to be enjoying it all with France near Paris. agreed to make an exception. her family. The Rohtak lass was happy Beenamol and Anjali, however,had to that she got the honour so young. Footballer discharged: Bengal share the Rs 5 lakh award. Later in the day,Beenamol and Anjali footballer Somnath Das who was in- The President then handed over the alongwith Arjuna awardee IM Vijayan jured during the U-16 National Foot- Dronacharya (for best coaches), Arjuna were felicitated at a function by Malay- ball Championship semifinal was dis- (best sports persons), Dhyan Chand ala Manorama. charged from the Aizwal Civil Hospi- (lifetime achievement)and Maulana Well, curtains have come down on an- tal on Friday morning, hospital Abul Kalam Azad (university for best other year’s awards. The controversies sources said. Das was unconscious achivement in sport) awards. are seemingly behind us. But there’s no after he banged his head against the While cricketer Virender Sehwag was Khel Ratna winners K M Beenamol (R) and Anjali Bhagwat (C), Arjuna awardees Shiv Kapur (2nd L) and IM Vijayan (2nd R) and guarantee that they won’t come back to barpost during their semifinal against the obvious favourite at the Durbar Dronacharya awardee Renu Kohli (L) at the the awards function on Friday. taunt us again. Meghalaya. PTI Satdium to be renovated: The Do you really know them? List of awardees historic Karni Singh Stadium will be Straight from the heart developed as a heritage site and the Ram Mehar Singh: The 31- Thandava M Muthu: Muthu, athletics. He won in the handi- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (Rs 5 lakh, scroll, Rajasthan Sports Council would year-old kabaddi 28, reaped a rich re- capped category. medal): K M Beenamol (athletics), Anjali spend certain percentage of its an- stalwart captained ward of two silver Bhagwat (shooting). Anjali Bhagwat (shooting): I never criticised nual grant on its renovation, secre- the Indian team and a bronze at the Inder Pal Singh: Inder was Dronacharya (Rs 3 lakh each, statuette, any selection. I’ve high regard for Beenamol. I tary Harsh Vardhan Bhatnagar said which won the gold Manchester Com- part of the coxless scroll): Renu Kohli (athletics), Jaswant Singh was only putting forth my case as a genuine on Friday. “Out of the total Rs one at the 2002 Busan monwealth Games fours squad which (athletics), M K Kaushik (hockey), E. Prasad one. Good performance has to be recognised crore, which we receive as grant Asiad. The tall and handsome last year to earn his spurs. The garnered a bronze at Rao (kabaddi), H D Motivala (yatching). the same year. from the state government, a certain Singh was also a member Railwayman, who finished 10th Busan. The rower Arjuna (Rs 3 lakh each, statuette, scroll): percentage would be spent on de- of the team which won the gold in the 2001 World Champi- also had a silver and Anju B George (athletics), Virender Sehwag velopment of the Stadium,” he in- Alok Kumar (billiards and snooker): It means the world for a at the 1998 Bangkok Asiad and onship, has been the national a bronze at the Asian Champi- (cricket), Gagan Ajit Singh (hockey), Mamta small town man like me to have reached thus far.A cherished formed. PTI onships in 1999 and 2001 Kharab (hockey), I M Vijayan (football), the 2001 Asian weightlifting champion in 1995, dream has been fulfilled. The atmosphere here is majestic Championship. 1999 and 2002. respectively. He has numerous Ravikant Reddy (volleyball), T M Muthu BETTING METER successes at the domestic (weightlifting), Nitin Mongia (sailing), Suma and it imbues a sense of responsibility in you. Ravikant Reddy: An interna- Ramesh Tikaram: Ramesh is level. Shirur (shooting), Anwar Sultan (shooting), Gagan Ajit Singh (hockey): I’m happy that I’ve ATHLETICS tional veteran of too gifted a sports- Alok Kumar (billiards & snooker), Md Ali Qa- World Championships Sujeet Mann: The 24-year-old mar (boxing), K Sasikiran (chess), Shiv Kapur got this award at a young age. It’s a huge mo- Men’s 200m (event winner) more than a decade, man to be deterred Ravi was the skipper by physical adversi- wrestler from Delhi (golf), Ram Mehar Singh (kabaddi), Mantu tivation. It’s good that the govt decided to award D Patton 7/4 showed his promise S Buckland 2/1 of the volleyball ty. The Bangalorean Ghosh (table tennis), Palwinder Cheema all 21 names. Since the award gives a lot of en- early while landing J Capel 9/4 team which finished has excelled in bad- (wrestling), Sujeet Mann (wrestling), couragement, more and more should get it. S Suegetsu 10/1 a bronze at the Asian Saraswati Saha (athletics), Inder Pal Singh D Campbell 12/1 a creditable fifth at the Busan minton and athletics at interna- Championship in Mamta Kharab (hockey): The phone at my home in Rohtak JJ Johnson 33/1 (rowing), Ramesh Tikaram (disabled athlete). Asiad. The Andhraite also cap- tional level. However, nationally, 1999. He repeated the feat in has been kept busy ever since the news broke out. Congrat- F Fredericks 50/1 tained the side which won the he has been quite successful in Dhyan Chand (Rs 1.50 lakh each, plaque, U Emedolu 80/1 2000. While he placed 6th scroll): Ram Kumar (basketball), Dharma ulations have been thick and fast. I thank my parents and my Sivanthi Gold Cup international sports like cricket and carrom (as per ladbrokes.com) at Busan, he has been the Singh Mann (hockey), Charles Cornelius team for making it possible. Now, I aim to do even better. tournament in 2002. While hav- too. Ramesh won gold and sil- National champion from 1996 (hockey), Om Prakash (volleyball), Smita Shi- LIVE ON TV ing shone as a allrounder, it’s as ver at the world disabled bad- to 2001. role Yadav (rowing). Virender Sehwag (cricket):The award is an in- ESPN: 1925 hrs: English Premier Football League. a setter that the 28-year-old has minton in 2002 and 3 gold in an Abul Kalam trophy (Rs 2 lakh, trophy): Guru spiration to perform better in the future. It will Star Sports: 2030 hrs: US Open tennis. made a mark. international paralympic meet in —Compiled by Shashank Shekhar Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. motivate me to score more and moreruns.I’m thnkful to cricket which has given me so much fame and recognition. CRICKET UPDATE Shiv Kapur (golf): I landed here just a few hours back, all the way from US, for the awards. The toil was well worth it. The Shoaib can return atmosphere is pretty cool. The award is an incentive to do Every batsman is my enemy number one: Salvi well. I’ll now strive for the Khel Ratna.