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''' ATHLETICS '''

If every Indian starts training like the towering Mysorean then it would be an altogether different story for Indian athletics. Vikas Gowda has polished his talent over the years and continues to strive to add every centimetre with dedication. The discus thrower emerged the CWG champion in Glasgow with a throw of 63.64m and then pushed two-time defending champion Ehsan Hadadi at the Asiad before settling for silver at 62.58m.

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	Gowda, like so many athletes and celebrities, is on Twitter. Unlike them, though, he appears to be entirely uninterested, managing just 40 tweets since January 2015, when he joined. There is, though, one extraordinary video of him performing a single leg box jump. He approaches some plyometric boxes stacked high against a wall in a utilitarian gym in a stride or two before taking off with one leg and landing on the boxes with the other. For a towering man, even lumbering, he shows remarkable speed, agility and grace. Qualities that might, should he recover from injury, see him ascend to the podium in Rio, and win him the acclaim and fame in India he has long deserved.		Gowda, like so many athletes and celebrities, is on Twitter. Unlike them, though, he appears to be entirely uninterested, managing just 40 tweets since January 2015, when he joined. There is, though, one extraordinary video of him performing a single leg box jump. He approaches some plyometric boxes stacked high against a wall in a utilitarian gym in a stride or two before taking off with one leg and landing on the boxes with the other. For a towering man, even lumbering, he shows remarkable speed, agility and grace. Qualities that might, should he recover from injury, see him ascend to the podium in Rio, and win him the acclaim and fame in India he has long deserved.
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		+	[https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=TOIDEL%2F2018%2F05%2F31&entity=Ar02220&sk=5293A5C2&mode=text Biju BabuCyriac, Vikas Gowda, discus star, calls it quits, May 31, 2018: ''The Times of India'']
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		+	“The battles that count aren’t for gold medals.” This famous quote from Jesse Owens is surely the one that star Indian discus thrower Vikas Gowda — who announced his retirement on Wednesday — relates to as he battled past many hurdles to win laurels for India over the last 15 years.
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		+	Despite living in USA from the age of six, Vikas, the towering 6’9” champion who was born in Mysore, always loved to compete under the Tricolour. He ensured that the Indian flag fluttered high during many international meets as he won gold medals, including in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and at the Asian Championships in 2013 and 2015.
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		+	“I was planning to retire after the Asian Games but last week I realized that my body is not responding to training. I was throwing in the region of 61-62m and I was not happy with that. With more load, I could have improved up to 64m but I didn’t want to punish my body anymore,” Vikas told TOI from Maryland, USA.
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		+	Asked whether AFI’s call to attend the trials hastened his decision, Vikas said “no”. “If I was throwing in the region of 64-65m then I would not have minded flying down to attend the trials. But as I was doing way below my expectations, I didn’t want to push my case. I was training really hard after last year’s Asian meet but in the end it didn’t click,” he said adding that he never had any issues with AFI except during last year.
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		+	The mathematics graduate said he will now focus his energies on continuing his studies. “I will be doing my MBA and let’s see what’s on offer for me (in the corporate sector),” he added. “Me and my dad (Shive Gowda) are planning to start an academy.”
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		+	Vikas, who reportedly spent nearly Rs 1 crore per year to fund his training at the World Throws Centre in Arizona, had to repeatedly run from pillar to post to get support. According to sources, his father had to pledge his property to raise loans to ensure that his son’s training went uninterrupted.

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	'''Athletics, discus, shot put'''		'''Athletics, discus, shot put'''
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	'''Achievements: Gold at CWG, Glasgow 2014, silvers at Delhi CWG, 2010; Asian Games, Incheon 2014'''		'''Achievements: Gold at CWG, Glasgow 2014, silvers at Delhi CWG, 2010; Asian Games, Incheon 2014'''

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+[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/vikas-gowda-profile-rio-olympics/1/720013.html Shougat Dasgupta , Nothing to discuss “India Today” 1/8/2016]
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 India's best bet now in athletics, Vikas Gowdawas born in Mysore and grew up in Frederick, Maryland after his dad and former India coach Shive Gowda migrated to the USA. The 6' 9“ discus thrower was eighth at the London Olympics and won the gold in GlasgowGames last year to become the second Indian after Milkha Singh to win a gold in track and field at the Commonwealth Games
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