Srikanth Madyastha | An ambitious Hurdler

A 21 one year old gentlemen is achieving so many things in the field of sports and in turn raising the glory of our district in national levels. He is Mr Srikanth Madhyasth. A B.Com graduate hailing from Kota of Udupi dist. is the person we are talking about!

Srikanth is an amazing 110 meters hurdler who got Junior nationals medal in 2012 at Lucknow. The present record in Fastest 110 meters hurdles at Mangalore University level stands in his name. He also bagged many state gold medals too.

Below is the conversation our team had with him.

1.What inspired you to get into this field?

I loved sports since my childhood. I always gave special preference for Hurdles. I was greatly inspired and moved by Liu Xiang of China.
Liu Xiang is a Chinese 110 meter hurdler. Liu is an Olympic Gold medalist and World Champion. His 2004 Olympic gold medal was the first in a men's track and field event for China

2.Tell us something about parents, childhood and schooling.

Prakash.madhyastha and Geetha P Madhyastha are my parents. My dad runs a Hotel at Kota in Udupi dist. Lakshmikanth is my younger brother.

I got my primary education at Shambhavi School, Gilyaru and completed my high school education at Viveka English medium high school Kota. PU at VJC Kota and finished Bachelors degree in Commerce from Alva's College Moodbidri. Now I'm pursuing PGDCA at Alva's.

3.Were there any major hurdles in your journey as a hurdler?

Off course Yes!!
When I underwent a kidney operation in my high school days, I had to quit all my sports related stuffs. I even faced severe opposition from my parents to resume my practice activities as they were worried about my health. But some how I convinced them and could manage with the rest of the things.

4.What did your journey teach you?

It taught me tonnes of things! It made me to get both good and bad experiences.
I traveled all over India and learnt many new things about the life and life styles of people in the different parts of my country. I learnt how actually is the world outside, how to approach different kinds of people. I also Meet many people and derived a good inspirations from them.

5.What are your dreams and future plans?

My biggest dream is to get into Olympics and represent India. I'm working really hard to get into.

6.Finally, Your message to our readers..

SUCCESS and FAILURES are the two faces of a coin! We all will accept Success readily but we fear, hesitate to accept failures! This should not be done.. We should accept failures.
And one more thing, I've noticed students neglecting sports, most of them think that sports and all are waste and it wont make anything for future..That's completely false! Sports and other co-curricular activities are equally important to curricular activities!
Never ever give up! The most certain way to success is always to to try just one more time..
Thank you!

Interviewed by: Asha Shetty