hubballi a software engineer from dharwad residing in cologne germany has offered financial assistance to 50yearold devappa more an international dwarf athlete badrinath joshi decided to help him as he was impressed by mores performance at the 8th world dwarf games 2023 held in cologne more is from kadankoppa village in kalghatagi taluk of dharwad district the techie has also decided to help with the education of the athletes elder daughter devappa more bagged two golds on thursday in germany in the class2 category he completed 60 metres in 1080 seconds and 100 metres in 1880 secondsshivanand gunjal manager of indian team for world dwarf games lauded devappa mores achievement winning in two separate events nine athletes from different countries gave tough competition to devappa but he never lost confidence and aced both races he said knowing that devappa more will participate in the two track events on thursday badrinath joshi who hails from dharwads gandhinagar currently working in germany came to encourage him he celebrated mores victory by waving the indian flag he approached me to wish more personally he was aware of devappa mores financial troubles through articles that appeared in toi and other media platforms he addedspeaking to toi badrinath joshi said that he has been working in cologne germany in a company as an sap consultant for the past three years i got to know about devappa more who reached germany to represent india while facing numerous hurdles through a friends whatsapp group and decided to meet him and extend him some help after speaking to devappa and his team manager i decided to extend help towards the education of devappa mores elder daughter he added once devappa returns home we will discuss about the help his daughter requires and provide help he added devappa more said he was happy that he won two golds in the event and also expressed his gratitude to the people who helped him participate in world dwarf games 2023 my elder daughter srushti is studying in a government school in eighth standard badrinath joshi has assured that he will help with her education he said