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Dream comes true for Khade
Afp, Beijing
India's Virdhawal Khade lived the Olympic dream at the Beijing Games on Tuesday when he competed in the 100 metres freestyle event and won his heat.The 16-year-old from Bangalore claimed the third heat in 50.07 seconds, beating other similar-ranked swimmers from South Korea, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan home in a proud moment.It didn't matter that his time ranked him 42nd of the 64 qualifiers and was some 2.27secs slower than Australia's world record holder Eamon Sullivan (47.80), he still had his moment in the spotlight."I feel pretty good about swimming with the fastest swimmers in the world, I feel proud. It's an honour," Khade said.Khade said he had been fired up by India's first-ever individual Olympic gold medal by Abhinav Bindra in the men's 10m Air Rifle event on Monday."I was happy that India won our individual first gold medal yesterday, everyone is really pumped and excited about it," he said.Khade said he finds it difficult to train regularly as he studies in Mumbai and trains in Bangalore."It's always been tough. I train in Bangalore and study commerce near Mumbai, it's about 600 miles between the two. I go there only about once or twice a year," he said."I study when I train, maybe one hour a day with seven hours of training a day."I think I burn about 4,000 calories a day, India is known for unhealthy food, but I mostly eat Indian food and pasta twice a week."The curries and rice help to meet the amount of carbohydrates I need."
One of several CNG filling stations between Kanchpur Bridge and Jatrabari of the capital which BNP big shots built on the Kutubkhali canal, drastically reducing Dhaka's drainage capability. PHOTO: STAR
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