It will be curtains down for the State School Sports Festival, organised on the model of the Olympics, in Thiruvananthapuram today. The young athletes gave it their all during the last few days in the capital city, while the event also brought out the challenges faced by many athletes in our state. Sports festivals are not opulent events, unlike arts festivals. Many of these young athletes hail from financially struggling families. For the same reason, the narrative should not be solely based on the medals but also on the struggles that the athletes overcame to participate in the event.

Many of those ordeals and struggles that made into news paved the way for well-wishers to provide help. However, some young athletes get unsettled over the public knowing about their financial struggles. H

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