Santhi Soundarajan

New Delhi - 19 Dec 2006. Depite row, Tamil Nadu honours Santhi. Athlete Santhi Soundarajan, India's controversial silver medalist at the Asian Games, on Monday attended an award ceremony conducted in Chennai to celebrate her performance in Doha.

Santhi, who is likely to be stripped off her Asiad silver after failing the gender test, received a Rs 15-lakh cheque from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi at a private ceremony.

Tamil Nadu government had announced prize money for the medal winners from the state but despite the news of Santhi failing a gender test, it went ahead with presenting the award to her - CNN-IBN inputs.