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TN govt hands over Rs 5 lakh aid to ailing Archery coach Shihan Hussaini

TN govt hands over Rs 5 lakh aid to ailing Archery coach Shihan Hussaini

Chennai, Mar 16 (UNI) The Tamil Nadu Government on Sunday gave

a financial assistance of Rs 5 lakh to martial arts exponent and leading

archery coach Shihan Hussaini, who has been hospitalised.

The assistance was given from the Sports Development Authority of

Tamil Nadu on the directions of Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi

Stalin, who also holds the Sports and Youth Welfare Department

portfolio.

An official release said Shihan Hussaini has made immense contributions

for the sport in Tamil Nadu and also in India and has produced and trained

several archers in the State.

It also said Shihan introduced 'Recurve" and 'Compound" categories in

archery in 1979 and 1980 respectively.

In archery "Recurve" and "Compound" refer to two distinct bow types and

categories, with Recurve being the traditional form and is an Olympic sport,

while Compound archery is a modern iteration using a pulley/cable system

for enhanced efficiency and accuracy.

At present 100 archers and 300 coaches are undergoing training with him,

the release said.

Considering his health condition, Rs five lakh assistance was provided to

him from the SDAT Funds, it said.

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