Poovamma who bagged gold in Asiad reaches Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Sept 06: M.R. Poovamma, the leading Indian athlete who won the gold medal at the recently concluded 18th Asian Games in Jakarta in Indonesia, and the silver medal in the mixed relay; received a grand welcome at Mangaluru airport today.
At the welcome ceremony, organized by DK district administration, DK district panchayat, Municipal Corporation, Youth Empowerment, and Sports Department; MLA Vedavyas Kamath, Councillors, Chairman of Alva's Education Foundation Dr. M Mohan Alva, Chairman of Sahyadri Education Foundation Manjunath Bhandary, Poovamma’s parents, Sports coaches and others greeted her.
Medal dedicated to parents - Kodagu: M.R. Poovamma
Achieve this success was possible only through the encouragement and support of my parents. Therefore, I will dedicate these medals to parents and flood-hit victims of Kodagu," she said.
I am delighted by this welcome. I had received the same reception in 2014 as well. Now I have to prepare for the next year’s Asian Championship and World Championship. The decision about the preparation camps will be taken in October. I am looking forward to participate in the Olympics in 2020. That training will begin from next year, "Poovamma said.
"Yesterday I met Prime Minister and sports minister, they encouraged and promised assistance to me," she added.
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Five crushed to death after truck ploughs into tent in Kerala
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): At least five people, including two children, were killed and as many persons injured when a truck ploughed into the roadside tent where they were sleeping in this central Kerala district early on Tuesday, police said.
The victims, nomads living in tents set up along the highway, were struck by the truck on a national highway in Nattika, under the Valapad police station limits, at 4.30 am, they said.
The injured have been admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital, with the condition of two individuals reported as serious, police said.
Among the deceased are two children, aged one-and-a-half and four years. Two women were also killed.
The driver and cleaner of the vehicle have been taken into custody, police added.
