coimbatore n vivekananan was thrilled when he was chosen to represent india at the asian athletics championships to be held in china on june 27 but his joy was short lived as he could not afford to travel to china coming from a lower middle class family vivekanandan thought his sporting future was all but lost thats when help came from an unexpected front the city corporation k vijayakarthikeyan commissioner of the corporation who learnt about the boys plight has decided to sanction a sum of rs2lakh for the boys travel to china vivekanandan is a class 12 student of the corporation higher secondary school at new siddhapudur here he has won a silver medal in the high jump at the national level championship held at ranji this january he was elected to the under19 indian athletic team to participate in the asian athletic championship he is being trained in bhopal madhya pradesh it is a great opportunity to prove my talent i am hoping to win several medals said vivekanandan his father s nagaraj is a banana leaf seller his mother n saraswathi is a home maker his elder brother n vishnu sridharan 18 is studying b tech aerospace in a private college here coming from the lower middle class the family could not afford rs2lakh to travel to china thus the family met with corporation commissioner vijayakarthikeyan who promised to help the student the corporation would give rs2lakh towards his travel to china the amount would be reimbursed by the state government said vijayakarthikeyan