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'''Govindan Lakshmanan''' (born 5 June 1990 in [[Sokkurani]], [[Pudukottai district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/GOVINDAN-Lakshmanan-3000846/ |title=Athletes - Lakshmanan Govindan |access-date=30 August 2018 |archive-date=30 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830110114/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/GOVINDAN-Lakshmanan-3000846/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>) is an Indian [[Long-distance running|distance runner]]. On the track, he mostly competes over [[5000 metres]] and [[10,000 metres]],<ref name="toi1">{{cite news|title=Asian Athletic Championships: 5,000 m gold medallist G Lakshmanan once practised barefoot|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/athletics/asian-athletic-championships-5000-m-gold-medallist-g-lakshmanan-once-practised-barefoot/articleshow/59491279.cms|accessdate=7 July 2017|work=The Times of India|date=7 July 2017}}</ref> but has also run the [[half marathon]] competitively.<ref>{{cite news|title=G Lakshmanan, Monika Athare Best Indians At Delhi Half Marathon|url=http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/g-lakshmanan-monika-athare-best-indians-at-delhi-half-marathon-1627755|accessdate=7 July 2017|work=NDTV|date=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Army runners Neeraj Pal, G Lakshmanan, Kavita Raut of ONGC set new marathon course marks|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-army-runners-neeraj-pal-g-lakshmanan-kavita-raut-of-ongc-set-new-marathon-course-marks-2045947|accessdate=7 July 2017|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=21 December 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Lakshmanan lost his father to a [[Traffic collisions in India|car accident]] when he was six, and was [[Adoption|adopted]] by his neighbour S. Loganathan. His mother Jayalakshmi is a small farmer. Under Loganathan's tutelage, Lakshmanan began training in long-distance running when he was 16,<ref name="toi1"/> along with the former's daughter Suriya, in Youth Sports Club in the village of Kavinadu near the town of [[Pudukkottai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Selvaraj|first1=Jonathan|title=Siblings Lakshmanan and Suriya united by love for running|url=http://www.espn.in/athletics/story/_/id/19513256/siblings-lakshmanan-suriya-united-love-running|accessdate=7 July 2017|work=ESPN|date=2 June 2017}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He represented India at the [[2015 IAAF World Cross Country Championships]], placing 74th overall. Competing over 5000 metres at the [[2015 Asian Athletics Championships|2015 Wuhan Asian Championships]], Lakshmanan [[2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|won the bronze medal]] with a time of 13:36.62.<ref>{{cite news|title=Poovamma, Joseph win silver medals in Asian Athletics Championships|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/asian-athletics-championships-poovamma-joseph-win-silver-medals/article7282726.ece|accessdate=7 July 2017|work=The Hindu|date=4 June 2015}}</ref> He won the [[2015 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres|10,000 metres silver medal]] with a time of 29:42.81.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vikas Gowda, Lalita Babbar win gold at Asian Athletics Championships in China|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-vikas-gowda-lalita-babbar-win-gold-at-asian-athletics-championships-in-china-2093152|accessdate=7 July 2017|work=Daily News and Analysis|date=7 June 2015}}</ref> At the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships|next Championships]], he won the [[2017 Asian Athletics Championships – Men's 5000 metres|5000 metres gold medal]] with a time of 14:54.48, becoming only the third Indian to win gold in the event at the Championships, and the first since 1993. The time was however the slowest in the Championships' history for a winner. The victory earned him a qualification for the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|London World Championships]] that year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hadadi wins fifth Asian discus title in Bhubaneswar|url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/hadadi-wins-fifth-asian-discus-title-bhubanes|accessdate=7 July 2017|work=[[International Association of Athletics Federations]]|date=7 July 2017}}</ref> In London, he ran his personal best of 13:35.69.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<br />
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At the [[2018 Asian Games]] in [[Jakarta]], Indonesia; he won bronze medal but was later stripped as he was disqualified for lane infringement.<ref>{{cite news |title=Asian Games 2018: Why Govindan Lakshmanan was denied a bronze medal |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/asian-games/asian-games-2018-why-govindan-lakshmanan-was-denied-a-bronze-medal/ |accessdate=27 August 2018 |date=26 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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