Karu Selvaratnam

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  • Опубліковано 4 бер 2024
  • Karu Selvaratnam is a multi-sports talent. He started with playing badminton in school then picked up track, hockey, cricket and boxing along the way. As a natural athlete, Karu has mastered all these sports he played in. Three years after making his international debut at SEAP Games in Rangoon, he went on to represent the country at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His national record of 52.7s in the hurdles run stood for almost 25 years. Even when he was a Navy Officer, Karu continued to represent the country in many other tournaments.
    Although he is now over 80 years old, he is still active with sports. Besides the occasional run with friends, Karu started an organisation called Young Talent Track and Field (YTTF) as an initiative to nurture the upcoming talents where he continues to support budding young athletes.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 14

  • @nagarajarao8358
    @nagarajarao8358 4 місяці тому +5

    Dearest Karu, I played in 1971 December Cricket with you at Ceylon Sports Club. I was a schoolboy with immense respect for you. You were quiet, unassuming and a towering example. Thank You for the example you have set in Sports, Life and your Inspiration to the rest of us.

  • @sukorcheembi1349
    @sukorcheembi1349 16 днів тому +2

    You lives a very colourful life, thank you for your contributions for the nation

  • @sithivmuniandy8817
    @sithivmuniandy8817 11 днів тому

    Master class about living a good blessed life ! Thank you, Sir !

  • @2scheng
    @2scheng 16 днів тому +2

    We must make it into a film on Netflix. such a good and beautiful story👏

  • @karengoh9559
    @karengoh9559 19 днів тому +2

    Since, looking and watching the Living History Project about all these athletic ppl....i can imagine how well that we were taught with good English from Kirby trained teachers in England.We do speak excellent English during those days. Listening to Karu , narrative stories..he speaks very good English from our days , learned in school
    What happened thru years, when Dr Maharhir ending the English system..???? Now, our grandchildren are below par with other countries???

  • @hishamhashim5208
    @hishamhashim5208 4 місяці тому +3

    My former boss before TLDM SPORT COMPLEX.

  • @krishnasamy8187
    @krishnasamy8187 3 місяці тому +2

    A.very.good.sportsmen.since.schoodays.Keep.it.up

  • @nandamenon3518
    @nandamenon3518 12 днів тому

    I wonder if Karu had ever met or heard of Balwant Singh Sidhu, who was from Kuala Lipis then moved on to Seremban. After schooling, Balwant Singh joined the Army (in the Fifties)and retired as a Major, then emigrated to Perth, Australia. Balwant was a well known and exceptional school and national athlete and held records in the long distance events. He died just over a year ago.

  • @donboscopereira5080
    @donboscopereira5080 14 днів тому +1

    oh man you touch my heart

  • @Philatherapist
    @Philatherapist 15 днів тому

    Woodlands is in the North of Singapore just across JB via the Causeway. The British Naval Base is stretched for several kilometres from Woodlands to Sembawang and the houses which they built still stands to this days. The Malaya/Malaysia Naval Base is also known as KD Malaya among locals.The Navy built several blocks of flats for their staff at Woodlands and they also rented a few blocks of flats in Central Singapore known as Queenstown/ Jalan Rumah Tinggi. As a Navy officer, Mr Karu must be very familiar with these places. God Bless you, Sir.

  • @reubensher8144
    @reubensher8144 10 днів тому

    Can we have the old Malaysia back...instead of growing a new one in Melbourne...

  • @kindface
    @kindface 12 днів тому

    First of all, some typo correction: the blue house that Kari refers to should be spelt as "Tagore", not "Tagoh".
    It's either named after an alumnus, an illuminary, of ACS Ipoh or the famous Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore.

  • @shamriarisabdulamron-lz7nt
    @shamriarisabdulamron-lz7nt 5 днів тому

    uncle ni siapa aaaa?.... tak kenal pun...
    zaman Dr Jega takde rasanya, zaman Dr Rajamani pun takde nama Karu, zaman Ishtiaq Mubarak dan Sajiratldur pun takde nama Karu...
    zaman Rabuan Pitt - Marina Chin - Sports Commissioner Zaiton - V. Anggamah - Nordin Jadi - Nurherman Majid pun takde... 😂
    apalagi zaman Watson-Ravi , takde nama Karu....
    heyy uncle Karu.... what you gained by doing an interview full of lies...
    a few sexual assaults (molested, raped & non-consent physical contact) and sexual harrassment cases involving athletes (the victim) and national sports officers (coaches, physiotherapist and medical staff were the predator)...
    uncle Karu one of the predator ka???