Praful Patel, the Administrator of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep on Tuesday introduced a money reward of Rs 10 lakh for Mubassina Mohammed, who received silver within the lengthy soar occasion of the 4th Asian Youth Athletics Championship held in Kuwait.
Patel mentioned that her achievement has made the nation proud and hoped that it could “encourage and inspire” the youth of the island archipelago of Lakshadweep to take up and excel in sports activities and convey laurels to the nation, in keeping with an announcement issued by the island administration.
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He additionally promised to increase full assist to younger athletes from Lakshadweep of their endeavours to excel in sports activities, it mentioned.
Moreover Mubassina, Patel additionally introduced a reward of Rs 2.5 lakh for her coach Ahmad Javad Hassan, it mentioned.
The 16-year-old athlete who received silver within the lengthy soar hails from a modest household dwelling in Minicoy island.
“She began her journey in athletics by successful gold medals in lengthy soar, 400 metre dash and 4×100 metre relay within the Inter Junior Fundamental College Sports activities Pageant in 2013-14. Later she received gold within the marathon held in the course of the Nationwide Minicoy Fest in 2015, 2016 and 2018.
She has additionally represented India within the nineteenth Worldwide College Sports activities Federation (ISF) and World College Gymnastics held at Normandy, France,” the assertion mentioned.
Patel had congratulated the athlete on her win on October 16.
He had mentioned that it was a historic second for the individuals of the island archipelago as a daughter of Lakshadweep received silver within the athletic occasion.
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