Katarina!!!

In the midst of the cricket world cup, we are missing out another important world event that is happening in Melbourne. The FINA World Aquatic Championships where a couple of days back, if I am not mistaken, four world records were broken. Phelps, Thorpe and all... 'Fish'y folks...

While I was contemplating about this event and comparing with the more sedate and colonial happenings in the Carribean (including a murder!), received a great email this morning.

Boris (my secondary school class-mate, bench-mate, fight-mate, sight-mate) wrote to say that his 13-year-old daughter Katarina Roxon has become the world record holder in 1500m freestyle swimming under the S9 category. Read more about it from this website.

Boris is one of the greatest athletes that N Krishnaswamy Mudaliar Higher Secondary School, Vellore, Tamil Nadu India had ever produced, I would think. I would even rate him as one of the better ones that came out of Vellore. His affinity to physical fitness used to be legendary and so was his interest in painting/colouring etc. His English used to be impeccable (am sure it still is, unless the Canadians have Frenched it!) and Tamil - sorry to say!

I still remember one of the science teachers teaching us about blood groups, nutrients etc. and said the following: "If you compare Boris' blood and this fat guy's blood, no marks for guessing whose blood will be thicker!" Probably we were taught science by the wrong guy :-))

I am extremely happy that he has inculcated the same zeal towards physical fitness and the excellence in sports in his children as well.

Good luck & Best Wishes to Katarina for her Beijing attempt!

Wake up guys! Smell the coffee!!!

P.S. Oh, I forgot! Boris goes by the short name, "Leonard Rasmus Boris Roxon" and tries to call himself Leonard Roxon nowadays while practising physiotherapy and coaching his kids!