Queen Of Indian Track And Field- P.T. Usha

PT Usha didn't have an advantaged youth and confronted numerous medical problems and much destitution. Her staggering drive for games and sports before long procured the sovereign of Indian Olympic style events the epithet of 'Payyoli Express. Usha was related to sports since the year 1976 when her inclination and enthusiasm for sports drove her to get a Rs 250 grant from the Kerala state government and address her area when it began a games school for ladies in Canmore. Around the same time, things took a significant turn when sports mentor OM Nambiar saw the young lady at an honor function for the National School Games where Usha had partaken. The mentor was dazzled with "her lean shape and quick strolling style" as he told later in a Rediff.com meet and as he started instructing her, the rest is history. Usha never thought back in her profession and in any event, when she enjoyed a reprieve of four years, she got back to secure the silver award at the Hiroshima Asiad. Her most prominent lament and disillusionment must be the Los Angeles Olympics where the Golden Girl missed the Bronze by only 1/100th of a second. She has won upwards of 101 worldwide decorations till now and is utilized in the Southern Railways as an official. Usha at present additionally runs a school for games at Koyilandi close to Kozhikode, Kerala, where young ladies in the age gathering of 10-12 are selected and prepared. Among them was Tintu Lukka, who had qualified at the London 2012 Olympics for the ladies' semi-last 800m occasion.

By: Jyoti Nayak

Birla School Pilani