Mr M.G Muralikuttan,who died on Sunday 19th December,2010, was one of the finest athletes of his generation,winning for the country the bronze in the 400 M at the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok.
Hailing from Alappuzha, Muralikuttan was a late bloomer in his favorite sport. He was initially more focused in the 100 M and 200 M. In Bangkok, Muralikuttan took the 400 M bronze behind Abbas Al Aibi (iraq) Muralikuttan was also a member of the silver medal winning Indian quartet in the 4x400M relay at the same games. He again took part in the Asian Championships in Tokyo and proved his worth as he helped the Indian team to a bronze in the 1600 M relay.He had joined as sports officer with TISCO, Jamshedpur.
The 58 year old was in Thiruvananthapuram in connection with the ongoing 54th state schools athletics meet. Ironically, his younger son Sujith Kuttan,won the senior boy's 100 M gold medal with a new meet record to boot on Sunday after noon but without knowing that his father had died a good 12 hours earlier.
The news of Muralikuttan's sudden death generated quite shock among athletics circles. The sports Minister in a message said the unexpected death of Muralikuttan was a great loss to Kerala sport in general and athletics in particular
Prof.John Kurakar
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