Ed Moses to visit India next week

Legendary hurdler Edwin Moses will be in the country next week to inaugurate the Indian chapter of the laureus sports for good foundation in Mumbai.

Moses, who reigned supreme in the 400m hurdles for nearly a decade beginning with the gold in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, is the chairman of Laureus World Sports Academy. His timing of 47.02 seconds set in early 1980’s remained a world record as late as 1992.

“We are privileged to have a great olympic champion, brilliant sports administrator and most respected athlete of our times in India,” Sanjay Lal, CEO of Percept D’ Mark, the organisers, said in a press release here.