About Me: CT Durai

C.THIRUGNANA DURAI

Now a professional coach and a mentor for young athletes, my life has been all about running. And winning too.

With a modest beginning in Vivekananda Hr Sec School on the banks of River Vaigai in Madurai district, my running career's biggest honour was in 2000, when I represented India in the Sydney Olympics. During my career, I had the honour of representing India in various international athletic forums and my parent organization - the Southern Railways. 

I'm continuing my career as a Coach now. If you are ambitious, and passionate about running for the country, come train with me. And win a Gold for India in the Olympics. That is my goal and dream. Let that be yours too.

If I can run and win, you can too.

On the track: Personal Achievements
Gold Medals
International
100 Mts, World Railways Athletic Championship (Poland 2001), 10.62 Sec
4 x 100Mts, SAF Games (Nepal 1999), 40.30 sec
100Mts, Raja Balendra Meet (New Delhi 1998), 10.70 Sec

National
100Mts, All India  Inter State Athletic Championship (Lucknow 1999), 10.40 Sec
4x100Mts, National Games (Manipur 1999 ), 41.17 Sec
4 x100Mts, All India Inter State Athletic Championship (Chennai 2000 ), 39.78 Sec
4 x 100Mts, All India athletic championship (Jamshedpur 2003)
100Mts, National  Circuit Meet (Nagerkoil  1998), 10.89 Sec

Silver Medals (International and National)
100Mts, SAF Games (Nepal 1999), 10.42 Sec
100Mts, International Circuit Meet (Nagerkoil 1999), 10.73 Sec
100Mts, International circuit Meet (Trivandrum), 10.54 Sec

100Mts, Open National Athletic Championship (Gandhi Nagar 1997), 10.80 Sec
100Mts, All India  Inter State Athletic Championship (Bangalore, 1997), 10.83 Sec
100Mts, 5th National Travancore Marathon & Track meet (Trivandrum 1999), 10.48 Sec
100Mts, All India Federation Cup All India Athletic Championship (Lucknow), 10.71 Sec
100Mts, National Travancore Marathon & Track meet (Trivandrum 2000), 10.51 Sec
100Mts, Open National Athletic Championship (Kolkata), 10.75 Sec
100Mts, Athletic Championship (Bangalore 2001), 10.45 Sec
200Mts, All India Athletic Championship (Bangalore 2001), 21.61 Sec
4 x 100Mts, All India Federation Cup All India Athletic Championship (Chennai 2004),
100Mts, National  Circuit Meet (Mumbai 1996), 10.82 Sec

Bronze Medals (International and National)
100Mts, 1998 South Asian Athletic Federation Championship, Sri Lanka, 10.66 Sec
4 x 100Mts, 2003 Afro- Asian Games, Hyderabad, 40.67 Sec

100Mts, 4th National Travancore Marathon & Track meet (Trivandrum 1998), 10.46 Sec
100Mts, All India  Inter State Athletic Championship (Chennai 2000), 10.49 Sec

Achievements as a Coach
Success stories of my trainees. This is just a beginning!

• Asian Championship 2011: 4 X 100 MTS Relay, Japan, Finalist, 40.13 sec
• Asian GRAND PRIX  Championship 2012: 4 X 100 MTS Relay, Thailand, Bronze, 39.51 sec
• Asian Championship 2012: 4 X 100 MTS Relay, India, Participated
• Asian GRAND PRIX  Championship 2012: 4 X 100 MTS Relay, Sri Lanka & Thailand, Fourth Position, 40.05

Olympic Gold Foundation: Mission & Objectives

Mission
Fostering pride in developing sports
The ultimate goal is to create more talents within India to ensure there is quality Indian participation at the Olympic, resulting in good number of medals.

As an independent non-government organization, the Olympic Gold aims at glorifying the Sports and Games at all India level. It aims to make the Indian sports and games truly global by creating sportsmen of international standard.  The foundation also aims to provide the right stimulus and motivation for young athletes to join the field and pursue it as a career option. It strives to make sports and games as an attractive field by enhancing popular support.

Primary Objectives of the Olympic Gold

• Implementing quality training programs with international Experts 
• Using focused toolsets and new techniques of international standard
• Developing Sports persons with proper education
• Encouraging sportspersons to concentrate only on Performance and not merely on securing a good Job.
• Providing career guidance to sports persons, and keep their minds focussed primarily on sports (and not on jobs!)

You can win an Olympic Gold for India

Yes. You can.

Be consistent. Be technical. Be systematic.

And you can win that elusive gold for India in the Olympic games.

Run for Olympic Gold

Yes. You can. All you have to do is run. Run with passion. Run with technique. Run with training. Run, run and run. Running can be fun.