--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Goanetters > I'd like to repeat an earlier request I made on > Goanet some time ago. Does > anyone know anything about the sprinter Levy Pinto, > once reputed to be the > fastest man in Asia? I believe he was located in > Mumbai. I am just curious > to know if there is anything on record or known > about him. His name had come > up often in early Goan papers in the sports > sections.
Nasci remembers: I had just entered high school (St, Sebastian Goan H.S.)at the time, of 11 years matriculation. It was the time when Levy Pinto made his mark in Bombay and in all of India. I did come to know some of his personal life too, thru his sister who had the job of a makeshift French teacher, when our regular teacher suddenly took off! Mary, I think her name was. Levy Pinto was the greatest athlete of India in those years, excelling (first, all the time)in the 100 meters, 200m, the 400m too; also in the Long Jump (then called the Broad Jump!)and the 110 m hurdles. What a great acheivement! Besides that he was also an excellent Hockey player too! So also was his sister, they both excelled in hockey and atheletics. The thing is his name came up in the sports news, every time there was a local Athletics Competition, and at the Bombay State Sports and then finally at the All Imdia Sports Meet, also held in Bombay in those years at the Brabourne Stadium. I used to religiously attend all the sports meets! About the time, or one year later came two other non Goan sisters on the scene; they were Mary Leela Rao and Nanavatham Rao, schooling yet with Canosa Convent School in Mahim! They were leading in all the women's athletics, in all of India, at the time. I think thats about all I can remember! Cheers! Nasci Caldeira. ____________________________________________________ On Yahoo!7 Messenger - Make free PC-to-PC calls to your friends overseas. http://au.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org