Nice to know. From here on, will try to be more regular with my sports updates :-)
Well, very happy for Anju George. Congratulations to her.
For trivia buffs, Turkey (Ayhan) was the other nation that won their first ever medal at the Paris Championship.
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Ayhan’s race and the medal prospect was a major event in the whole of Turkey. It is said that in various cities large TV screens were put up to allow people to watch the final. Of course there was the hope for Süreyya Ayhan to win the gold medal. But as it turned out to be the first athletics medal for the country people had no reason to be disappointed. In the cities and villages a huge number of children are reported to have taken up the sport since Ayhan won at the European Championships. They are running through and want to become the next Süreyya Ayhan in future.
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Let us hope we can nuture the same level of enthusiasm with our Indian youth.
Best wishes Eustaquio
Bosco D'Mello wrote:
Good to hear from you, Eustaquio !! We've been missing your sports updates for several months now.
Hope all is well with ya and yours in Denmark !!!
Best wishes - Bosco
On Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:32:21 +0200, Eustaquio Santimano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Anju creates history, wins long jump bronze
Anju Bobby George created history at Paris on Saturday when she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal, a bronze, at the World Athletics Championships.
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