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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