chennai tamil nadus t santhosh kumar might have come second behind statemate dharun ayyaswamy in 400m hurdles in the interstate athletics championships in guwahati recently but qualified for the asian games after finishing well under the qualifying time of 5080santhosh thus became the second tn athlete from the event to make the cut for the quadrennial event which will be held in jakarta from august 18the 22yearold lad from madurai will now be participating in his firstever international event there is a feeling of nervousness but i can assure you that i am not going there to make up the numbers i will try to prove myself and wont be an embarrassment for the nation santhosh told toi from guwahati on fridayover the past one year santhosh worked with 72yearold american coach galina p bukharina to improve his fitness and timing from the very beginning i am participating in hurdles and the 400m hurdles is my pet event i have only improved after training with bukharina the first thing which she worked on is to iron out my flaws she addressed all my weaknesses and then tried to improve upon them it is only recently that she focused on my strengths said santhoshbefore the interstate event santhosh had trained for almost a month in poland the youngster said that he learnt a lot during his stint these type of tours helps us to adapt we then understand and know what to expect when we are going for international events so it helped me get better and it reflected on my result said santhosh