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Further Personal Information | |
| Residence | Kerala, IND |
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| Club / Team | Indian Railways: India |
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| Injuries | A thigh muscle injury affected his leadup to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and his time at the 2007 World Championships was just a hundredth of a second outside the Olympic qualification mark. (Deccan Herald, 26 Mar 2010). He suffered a hamstring injury in 2007 and was out competition for almost a year. (thehindu.com, 12 Sep 2008) |
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| Why this sport? | A long jumper and sprinter in his first few years at school, he switched to running hurdles in his last two years of school. |
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| Hero / Idol | American hurdler Angelo Taylor. (Deccan Herald, 26 Mar 2010) |
| Ambitions | Competing at the 2012 Olympics in London. "Missing the Beijing Olympics was a shattering experience, I want to make up for that with a good show in the coming few years." (Deccan Herald, 26 Mar 2010) |
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| Name of coach | Rajinder Singh |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He started running track at the Koruthodu CKMH school in Kerala. |
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| Occupation | Railway Worker |
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| Coach from which country? | India |
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| Other information | CHANGE IN STRIDE PATTERN He tried out a new stride pattern for the first time at the 2009 Asian Championships, where he finished with a silver medal. He said that he decided on the change after the 2009 World Championships where he was disqualified for a hurdling infringement. (The Hindu, 14 Nov 2009) |