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Former athlete Santhi Soundarajan working as a labourer
Santhi Soundarajan, one time Asian Games silver medalist was found working as a daily labourer in a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu.
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- Updated: July 24, 2012 04:12 pm IST
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New Delhi:
Santhi Soundarajan, one time Asian Games silver medalist was found working as a daily labourer in a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu.
Santhi was stripped of her women's 800 metres Asian games silver medal after failing a gender test in 2008.
The former athlete, who earns Rs 200 per day, has reportedly been forced to work as a labourer after she was banned by the Athletics Federation of India.
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