DMK President Kalaignar greeted Sathish Kumar of Vellore for doing Tamil Nadu proud by winning a gold medal in Cammonwealth Games currently held in Glasgow in Scotland.
In his message of greetings, Kalaignar said the 20th Commonwealth Games is being held in Glasgow, Scotland since July 23. In these Games, 22-year old Sathish Kumar of Vellore won gold medal in 77kg category of men’s weight lifting competition making Tamils lift their heads in pride. He lifted a total of 317 kg including 149 kg in snatch- a new Games record, beating the previous best of 148 kg lifted by Yuko Peter of Nauru while winning gold in Delhi. Sathish also lifted 179 kg in clean and jerk, Kalaignar noted.
Affectionately greeting Sathish for adding glory to Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar also wished him to get gold medals in the Asian Games to be held in October next and in the next Olympics. He also greeted his parents.
Vellore carries gold: You take a left near the Gangaiamman Temple on the service lane of the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway in Sathuvachari, Vellore, go straight along a narrow lane, meet a dead end, turn right, again turn right, then turn left into a narrow lane, go straight and turn left again into a narrow street called New Street.
There you find in the middle of the street a little old house of 22-year-old S. Sathish Kumar, who did India proud by winning the gold medal in the 77-kg category in the Commonwealth Games under way in Glasgow on July 27.
Sathish Kumar’s parents N. Sivalingam and Deivanai were busy responding to enquiries from friends and relatives about the achievement of their son. Taking some time off in the midst of their bonhomie, Sivalingam, himself a weightlifter of yesteryears and his wife Deivanai narrated the achievements of their son.
Right from the age of 12, he had participated in the First National Inter-School Weightlifting Tournament conducted at Ferozepur in Punjab in 2006-07. This was followed by his first gold in the Second National Inter-School Tournament Group-II held in Thiruvananthapuram in December 2007.
Thereafter, it was a gold-winning spree for this youngster who currently represents the Indian Railways, being a clerk in the Southern Railway in Royapuram, Chennai where he had joined in 2011. He won the gold medal in the National Sub Junior Tournament as well as the National Junior Tournament held in Chattisgarh in 2009.
This twin gold catapulted him to participation in international tournaments, with his participation in the Junior World Weightlifting Championship held in Bulgaria in June 2010. He won the gold in the South Asian Championship in Nepal in 2012. He subsequently participated in the Asian Championship in Pyongyang, Korea and the Asian Championship in Astana in Kazakhstan in 2013.
His national achievements include the winning of two gold medals and one silver medal in the 65th Men Senior National Weightlifting Championship conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Weightlifting Association in Modinagar in 2012-13, and the 66th Men Senior National Weightlifting Championship conducted by Maharashtra State Weightlifting Association in Nagpur in March/April 2014.
Sathish Kumar, a student of Government Higher Secondary School, Sathuvachari has already won a gold medal in the 77-kg category in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Apia, Samoa in June 2012.
A proud Sivalingam, an ex-serviceman, currently employed in the VIT University said that his son’s latest achievement of a gold medal in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games was also a record break for the Games in that he lifted 149 kg, beating the earlier record of 148 kg.
Sathish Kumar received his initial coaching in the Atlas Gymnasium in Sathuvachari, after which he was trained at the Weightlifting School of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) in Sathuvachari, which has produced many weightlifters of national fame. An interesting fact not known to many is that many youngsters residing in Sathuvachari have undergone training in the SDAT School in Sathuvachari and have achieved laurels for Vellore and Tamil Nadu.
Sivalingam said that Sathish Kumar has also been selected for the Asian Games to be held in South Korea in October this year. “I appeal to the Central and State governments to help him in participating in the next Olympics”, he said.
In his message of greetings, Kalaignar said the 20th Commonwealth Games is being held in Glasgow, Scotland since July 23. In these Games, 22-year old Sathish Kumar of Vellore won gold medal in 77kg category of men’s weight lifting competition making Tamils lift their heads in pride. He lifted a total of 317 kg including 149 kg in snatch- a new Games record, beating the previous best of 148 kg lifted by Yuko Peter of Nauru while winning gold in Delhi. Sathish also lifted 179 kg in clean and jerk, Kalaignar noted.
Affectionately greeting Sathish for adding glory to Tamil Nadu, Kalaignar also wished him to get gold medals in the Asian Games to be held in October next and in the next Olympics. He also greeted his parents.
Vellore carries gold: You take a left near the Gangaiamman Temple on the service lane of the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway in Sathuvachari, Vellore, go straight along a narrow lane, meet a dead end, turn right, again turn right, then turn left into a narrow lane, go straight and turn left again into a narrow street called New Street.
There you find in the middle of the street a little old house of 22-year-old S. Sathish Kumar, who did India proud by winning the gold medal in the 77-kg category in the Commonwealth Games under way in Glasgow on July 27.
Sathish Kumar’s parents N. Sivalingam and Deivanai were busy responding to enquiries from friends and relatives about the achievement of their son. Taking some time off in the midst of their bonhomie, Sivalingam, himself a weightlifter of yesteryears and his wife Deivanai narrated the achievements of their son.
Right from the age of 12, he had participated in the First National Inter-School Weightlifting Tournament conducted at Ferozepur in Punjab in 2006-07. This was followed by his first gold in the Second National Inter-School Tournament Group-II held in Thiruvananthapuram in December 2007.
Thereafter, it was a gold-winning spree for this youngster who currently represents the Indian Railways, being a clerk in the Southern Railway in Royapuram, Chennai where he had joined in 2011. He won the gold medal in the National Sub Junior Tournament as well as the National Junior Tournament held in Chattisgarh in 2009.
This twin gold catapulted him to participation in international tournaments, with his participation in the Junior World Weightlifting Championship held in Bulgaria in June 2010. He won the gold in the South Asian Championship in Nepal in 2012. He subsequently participated in the Asian Championship in Pyongyang, Korea and the Asian Championship in Astana in Kazakhstan in 2013.
His national achievements include the winning of two gold medals and one silver medal in the 65th Men Senior National Weightlifting Championship conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Weightlifting Association in Modinagar in 2012-13, and the 66th Men Senior National Weightlifting Championship conducted by Maharashtra State Weightlifting Association in Nagpur in March/April 2014.
Sathish Kumar, a student of Government Higher Secondary School, Sathuvachari has already won a gold medal in the 77-kg category in the Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships held in Apia, Samoa in June 2012.
A proud Sivalingam, an ex-serviceman, currently employed in the VIT University said that his son’s latest achievement of a gold medal in the Glasgow Commonwealth Games was also a record break for the Games in that he lifted 149 kg, beating the earlier record of 148 kg.
Sathish Kumar received his initial coaching in the Atlas Gymnasium in Sathuvachari, after which he was trained at the Weightlifting School of the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) in Sathuvachari, which has produced many weightlifters of national fame. An interesting fact not known to many is that many youngsters residing in Sathuvachari have undergone training in the SDAT School in Sathuvachari and have achieved laurels for Vellore and Tamil Nadu.
Sivalingam said that Sathish Kumar has also been selected for the Asian Games to be held in South Korea in October this year. “I appeal to the Central and State governments to help him in participating in the next Olympics”, he said.
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