NEW DELHI: Backing your champions when they are down and out is a commendable gesture and that's the reason what's the need of the hour and Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore did the same by means of felicitating lengthy distance runner Govindan Lakshmanan who was once disqualified beneath dramatic circumstances in the males's 10,000m race on the recently-concluded Asian Games in Jakarta.
Rathore on Thursday rewarded Lakshmanan with a cash award of Rs 10 lakh, prize money given by means of the government for the bronze medal winners.
Lakshmanan after to begin with being shown to have secured a bronze medal by means of finishing 3rd was once later disqualified beneath IAAF Rule 163.3b (lane infringement).
After honouring Lakshmanan, Rathore tweeted, "Govindan Lakshmanan gave a medal-winning performance in Men's 10,000 m in #AsianGames2018, but a minor technicality led to his disqualification. Regardless, he is our champ & we stand by our champions. A moment of pride for me to have met and felicitated him today."
Lakshmanan crossed the finishing line clocking 29:44.91s but the video pictures later showed that his left leg landed out of doors and at the left facet of the innermost lane in a bend of the track.
Indian management also lodged a protest against the verdict to disqualify Lakshmanan but the jury of appeals rejected it.
The government on Tuesday felicitated the medal winners of the 18th Asian Games with cash awards after the rustic registered its best-ever medal haul in the historical past of the continental mega sporting event.
While individual gold medal winners got away Rs 30 lakh, the silver and bronze winners took house Rs 20 and Rs 10 lakh each. India registered its perfect ever medal haul in the historical past of the Asian Games, fetching 69 medals which included 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze.
Rathore on Thursday rewarded Lakshmanan with a cash award of Rs 10 lakh, prize money given by means of the government for the bronze medal winners.
Lakshmanan after to begin with being shown to have secured a bronze medal by means of finishing 3rd was once later disqualified beneath IAAF Rule 163.3b (lane infringement).
After honouring Lakshmanan, Rathore tweeted, "Govindan Lakshmanan gave a medal-winning performance in Men's 10,000 m in #AsianGames2018, but a minor technicality led to his disqualification. Regardless, he is our champ & we stand by our champions. A moment of pride for me to have met and felicitated him today."
Govindan Lakshmanan gave a medal-winning efficiency in Men's 10,000 m in #AsianGames2018, however a minor technicality… https://t.co/UYtDGA01Aw
— Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) 1536224578000Lakshmanan crossed the finishing line clocking 29:44.91s but the video pictures later showed that his left leg landed out of doors and at the left facet of the innermost lane in a bend of the track.
Indian management also lodged a protest against the verdict to disqualify Lakshmanan but the jury of appeals rejected it.
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The government on Tuesday felicitated the medal winners of the 18th Asian Games with cash awards after the rustic registered its best-ever medal haul in the historical past of the continental mega sporting event.
While individual gold medal winners got away Rs 30 lakh, the silver and bronze winners took house Rs 20 and Rs 10 lakh each. India registered its perfect ever medal haul in the historical past of the Asian Games, fetching 69 medals which included 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze.
Rathore felicitates 'unlucky' Lakshmanan, says he is our champ
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