Soundarajan gets Sports Ministry assistance for NIS course

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 14:40

Taking note of the "indigent circumstances" in which former athlete Santhi Soundarajan has been living, the Sports Ministry on Thursdays anctioned an assistance of Rs 60,500 to fund her NIS Diploma Course at the SAI Centre in Bengalore.

After failed gender test, it`s redemption time for Santhi

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 18:39

Santhi Soundarajan, the impoverished middle-distance runner who was stripped of her Asian Games medal after failing a gender test and left to work as a labourer, will soon be able to realise her dream of becoming a qualified athletics coach.

Help coming way of Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 09:06

Winner of 11 international medals for India and around 50 medals for her home state Tamil Nadu, Santhi Soundarajan saw herself pushed down and humiliated, then forgotten and forced to slog it out in a brick kiln for sustenance. But now help is on way.

Asiad medallist working as a daily wager

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 12:12

Santhi Soundarajan, who was stripped off the silver medal she won at the 2006 Asiad after failing a gender test, is working in a brick kiln as a daily wager.

Indian gender challenged athlete Santhi prays for Semenya

Last Updated: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 17:28

Considering her bitter experience after she failed her gender test, Indian runner Santhi Soundarajan prays that South Africa’s champion runner Caster Semenya doesn’t considers suicide.