For the last few weeks, sitting in his national camp base in Bengaluru, M. Harikrishnan used to wake up at odd hours and watch his athletes train in Chula Vista and Oregon during the recent World Championships in the USA and then in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Surprisingly, despite three Indian triple jumpers qualifying for the Worlds and the Commonwealth Games, no coach was sent to Oregon or Birmingham. “We could not get the visa for the coach,” explained Adille Sumariwalla, the Athletics Federation of India president, from Birmingham.
But Harikrishnan was always willing to help, any time of the day or night.
