JANASENA Posted October 21, 2014 Report Posted October 21, 2014 Along with Milkha Singh, PT Usha can lay claim to being India’s greatest track & field athlete. And like Milkha, her finest moment was in Olympic finals. In the history of Olympics she is the first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event by winning her 400 m hurdles Semi-final in 1984 Olympics. But in the final In a photo finish, Usha missed out on a bronze by 1/100th of a second. She is often called the "queen of Indian track and field" and also nicknamed "the Payyoli Express" because of her speed on the race-track. She had plenty of success at the Asian level. At the Asian Games in 1986, Usha was the brightest star on the continent. In total, she won four golds and six silvers over a span of four Asian Games between 1982 and 1994.In all, she won 101 medals in international competition, a total no other Indian athlete comes close to matching. “Everyone thinks that bagging an Olympic medal is a difficult task. It is not. I am convinced that what we lack in India is not talent, but the basic, modern and scientific facilities. If we train our young Indian sports talents, even many Olympic medals are achievable.", Usha says. She runs Usha School of Athletics near Kozhikode to teach and train young Indian talents. Usha inspired and enthused a generation of girls and boys to plunge into the world of athletics, and continues to remain the future of hope for aspiring Indian Olympians.
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