Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: Iconic sports personality, Milkha Singh advised the youth of Jammu and Kashmir to keep away from drugs and other allied evils and concentrate on sports to bring laurels for themselves and the nation as well.
“My message to the youth is to keep away from drugs, which only brings one close to the death,” Singh, also known as the flying Sikh, told reporters on the sidelines of an event to spread awareness against drug use here.
The legendary sprinter said, sports and games, apart from making you physically and mentally fit, also help you to not to derail from the mainstream.
The Padma Shri awardee asked the youth to concentrate on sports and work hard to achieve glory for themselves, their State and the nation.
“If you concentrate on sports, you will stay away from drugs. This menace has ruined families and even brought a bad name to the country at the international level after sportspersons were tested positive in the past,” he said.
Earlier, he addressed the participants and said it is a most-cherished moment for him when Indian athletes win medals at the international level for the country.
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