Post by Punjab2000 on May 24, 2005 18:34:39 GMT
Milkha award for Binu in July
Patiala: National record holder K. M. Binu will receive Rs 1 lakh from Milkha Singh in July for breaking the 400m record set by the ‘Flying Sikh’ in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Binu clocked 45.48 seconds to better Milkha’s time and qualified for the semi-finals in the Athens Olympics. In the process he also clipped 0.08 off the national record set by Paramjit Singh in 2000 at Chennai.
Though Paramjeet had bettered Milkha’s mark, clocking 45.73 in Calcutta in 1998 and later 45.56 in Chennai, no one has bettered the legend’s time of 45.6 outside India and it was this 44-year-old record that Binu broke in Athens.
Milkha had promised Rs 1 lakh to the athlete who betters his record.
see @ www.telegraphindia.com/1050523/asp/sports/story_4774335.asp
Read about The Flying Sikh - Milkha Singh here
www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sports/milkha.html
Patiala: National record holder K. M. Binu will receive Rs 1 lakh from Milkha Singh in July for breaking the 400m record set by the ‘Flying Sikh’ in the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Binu clocked 45.48 seconds to better Milkha’s time and qualified for the semi-finals in the Athens Olympics. In the process he also clipped 0.08 off the national record set by Paramjit Singh in 2000 at Chennai.
Though Paramjeet had bettered Milkha’s mark, clocking 45.73 in Calcutta in 1998 and later 45.56 in Chennai, no one has bettered the legend’s time of 45.6 outside India and it was this 44-year-old record that Binu broke in Athens.
Milkha had promised Rs 1 lakh to the athlete who betters his record.
see @ www.telegraphindia.com/1050523/asp/sports/story_4774335.asp
Read about The Flying Sikh - Milkha Singh here
www.sikh-history.com/sikhhist/personalities/sports/milkha.html