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Date: 24.10.2010
Courtesy: The Hindu
CWG medallists, coaches felicitated
Champions all: Gagan Narang, Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta and Sania Mirza during a State reception to honour Commonwealth Games medal winners in Hyderabad on Saturday.
It was a touching felicitation function put up by the State Government which not only honoured all the medallists from the State in the recent Delhi Commonwealth Games and also the coaches who helped them in bringing laurels.

Significantly all the medallists except Chetan Anand, shooter Asher Noria and athlete Abdul Najeeb Qureshi made it to the function at Jubilee Halls on Saturday evening.

The gold medallists were given Rs. 10 lakh each, the silver medallists Rs. 7.5 lakh and the bronze medallists Rs. 5 lakh each. The coaches were presented Rs. 50,000 each.

Red-letter day

“This is a red-letter day in the history of Andhra Pradesh. Even, while I congratulate all these champions and the coaches on this occasion, let us not forget at this moment of triumph and celebration the sacrifices these outstanding athletes make for the sake of country. All for the noble cause to be stars in their own way,” Governor of Andhra Pradesh E. S. L. Narasimhan remarked. “It is time we cultivate sports culture and make sports compulsory to see more and more champions bring laurels to the country,” he said.

Chief Minister K. Rosaiah said it was an honour for him to be present and felicitate these great sportspersons. “During my childhood, we had school grounds. Now you have a school on the third floor and a college on the fourth floor.

The rule that every school and college must have playground remains only on paper. This is a pity,” he lamented. “The likes of Gagan, Saina, Sania, Jwala proved that we have abundance of talent in our own State ,” he remarked.

“It is a fantastic feeling to be here and I am honoured with the government gesture,” remarked Sania Mirza who was seen cracking jokes with badminton star Saina Nehwal and fellow medallists. Gagan felt ‘at home' at the function which enabled him to meet the other champions from the State.