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Devappa More, winner of many medals in international events, has been struggling to find funds to cultivate his four-acre farm
HUBBALLI: He has done both Dharwad and India proud, winning medals galore at international events but Devappa More, an athlete who represented the country at the Dwarf World Games in 2019, has been struggling to make ends meet following the outbreak of Covid-19. A resident of Kadankoppa village in Kalghagi taluk in Dharwad, Devappa, a two-and-a-half foot dwarf, said that he did not have money to undertake cultivation of any crop on his four-acre farm.
At the 2019 Dwarf World Games in 2019, Devappa participated in various team and individual events, adding to India’s haul of medals each time he stepped out to compete.