Olympics ought to have been cancelled: Kenneth Powell
Olympics ought to have been cancelled: Kenneth Powell
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Jul 1, 2021, 06:00 IST
The sporting
world looks forward to with bated breath the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, now set for a start on July 23, 2021, thanks to the pandemic. The moment you mention Tokyo, the name that springs to mind is that of Kenneth Lawrence
Powell (in picture).
India was born in Kolar district of
Karnataka on April 20, 1940. At the age of 81, the “Gentleman Sprinter”, as he was nicknamed, was the only athlete from the State in the Indian contingent. Needless to say, V J Peter (MEG, Bangalore) and goalkeeper Shankar Laxman (MLI,