Zee Media BureauBangalore: Multiple Olympic champion Carl Lewis was confirmed as the event ambassador of the TCS World 10K 2014 on Wednesday. The event will be flagged off from Bangalore`s Sree Kanteerava Stadium on May 18.
Confirming about the association, the American 52-year-old American said, “it gives me great joy to come to India, a country I love and respect, to spread the magic of running and sport amongst the beautiful populace. In the last decade or so, India has witnessed a running revolution and the sport has grown manifold in terms of strength, popularity and interest generated."
In a career spanning from 1979 to 1996, Lewis won 10 Olympic medals including nine golds in disciplines as varied as 100m, 200m, 4X100m relay and Long jump. Besides the Olympic glory, he also won 10 World Championships medals, setting numerous records. The International Olympic Committee honoured him with the title, the Sportsman of the Century for his unrivalled achievement as a track and field athlete.
Besides the American great, the event will also witness former Wimbledon champions in Goran Ivanisevic and Marion Bartoli. Past ambassadors of the event include legends like Linford Christie, Donovan Bailey, Haile Gebrselassie, Michael Johnson, Mike Powell, Kapil Dev and Vijay Amritraj.
With Agency inputs
First Published: Thursday, April 24, 2014, 11:57
