Was told I was too old to improve: India's 28-yr-old 800m champ
Manjit Singh, who won India a gold after 36 years in men's 800m race at Asiad, has revealed he was told two years ago that he was "too old to improve". The son of a dairy farmer, the 28-year-old had lost his contractual job at ONGC two years ago. He trained with an Army coach while taking support from parents.