4. What is the message behind the incident from the life of PT. Usha?
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In our build up to the Rio 2016 Olympics, we take a look at the glorious Indian moments at the Summer Games over the years. Here is a look at PT Usha's remarkable race in the 400m hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where she missed a podium finish by one-hundredth of a second.
Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha made her first appearance at the Olympics in the 1980 edition held in Moscow as a rather unknown 16-year-old finishing fifth in the heats. Four years later, when she represented India in the inaugural women's 400m hurdles in the final, she was one of the favourites. She had beaten the eventual silver medallist Judy Brown of the USA in one of the pre-Olympic events and in the semi-final and was the Asian record-holder in 400m, a year after claiming 100m and 200m silver at the 1982 Asiad in New Delhi.
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In the qualifying heats, she came second behind Brown and in the semi-final narrowly edged the American sprinter to win the heat - the first Indian athlete to do so. In the final, running in lane five, she started strong but a false start from another athlete meant the race had to be restarted. The second time around, Usha fell behind her competitors early on but soon caught up in the final 200m to find herself in fourth position.
Watch: 400m hurdles final at 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco had taken an unassailable lead and the fight for the podium was between Usha, Romania's Cristieana Cojocaru and Sweden's Ann-Louise Skoglund. However, in the final 50m, Brown put her down and accelerated remarkably from lane eight to leave behind her opponents to clinch the second position. The third place tussle between Usha, Cojocaru and Skoglund went down to a photo finish. Usha and Cojocaru crossed the finish line at almost same time, but the Indian sprinter did not go for a lunge at the finish line, Cojocaru did and the Romanian was declared the third-place winner.
Usha had broken the then Commonwealth Games and Asian Games record, but her timing of 55.42s was one-hundredth of a second more than the Romanian's time. After Milkha Singh's heartbreak at the 1960 Rome Games, Usha had missed a podium finish by the smallest of margins.
In a recently released book looking at 50 of India's Olympic athletes, Zafar Iqbal, who led India at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, recalls standing at the finish line of the women's 400m hurdles when Usha missed winning bronze by 1/100th of a second, making it the closest-ever miss for an Indian athlete in any competition. "She still remains the queen of Indian athletes in my eyes," said the hockey legend.
A year later, she won five gold medals at the Asian Track and Field Championships in Jakarta and in 1986 at the Asian Games in Seoul, claimed four golds and a sliver. Thus Usha was called Asia's 'Golden Girl' and the 'Queen of Indian track and field' for her achievements.
Usha announced her retirement in 1990 but made a comeback in 1993. In 1998, at the age of 34, she broke her own national record in the 200m clinching bronze medal at the Asian Championship in Japan. In 1999, she was named the Sportsperson of the Century by Indian Olympic Association alongside hockey legend Dhyan Chand.
She currently runs the PT Usha School of Athletics at Koyilandy, Kerala and her protégé Tintu Luka is the current national record of 800m and will be competing at the Rio Olympics.
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One of India’s famous sporting star, Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha fondly known as ‘PT Usha’ is the lady who showed the citizens of India that there are sports other than cricket and Indian sportsmen have the potential to represent the nation at the international level and bring glory to the country. She is the sporting legend who inspired thousands of Indian women to take up sports and especially athletics as their career, and the progress Indian sportspersons have made in the past few decades speaks volumes of the growth of sporting culture in India.
P.T. Usha’s Biography
India’s ace sprinter was born on 27th of June, 1964, in a village called Payyoli, Kerala. Born to a poor family, Usha could not enjoy the early years of her life. The poor condition of the family and the health issues did not permit Usha to have a privileged life. Though the family could not make ends meet, Usha had an incredible passion for athletics and sports, and this very passion has helped her earn the nickname ‘Payyoli Express’ and ‘Golden Girl.’
Golden Girl’s Career
In the year 1976, ‘The Queen of Indian Track and Field’ got the much-needed recognition when the Kerala Government awarded her with a Rs. 250 scholarship which helped her represent her district after the government started a sports school exclusively for women in Cannore. Interestingly, Usha’s talent was noticed by athletics coach O M Nambiar during National School Games award ceremony, and he was impressed by Usha’s “lean shape and fast walking style.” That is the day he decided to coach her, and as they say, rest is history.
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Under Nambiar’s able guidance Usha turned into a sporting star by winning several medals in various athletic meets that she had participated. Though India’s Golden Girl began her international career at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, she rose to glory only two years later when Asian Games were held in New Delhi in 1982. She made the country proud by winning the Silver medal in the 100 m and 200 m event. PT Usha turned into the Queen of Indian Track and Field in 1985 when she bagged five gold medals at the Jakarta Asian Meet. She had won gold medals in 100m, 200m, 400m, 400m hurdles, 4X400m relay and also a bronze medal in the 100m relay. The icing on the cake in her athletic career came in the year 1986 at the Seoul Asian Games when she notched four gold medals and one silver medal. Though she could not make a mark at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, she became the youngest Indian sprinter to compete in an Olympic event at a young age of 16.
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The Queen of India’s sporting fans found her King in V. Srinivasan and the duo got married in the year 1991, and later the couple was blessed with a baby boy, Ujjwal. Though she took four years off from athletics, the time off never affected her speed, and she announced her arrival in style by clinching the silver medal in Hiroshima Asian Games held in the year 1994.
The highest point of her career has to be the moment when she finished 4th in 400 meters hurdle in Los Angeles which is the closest any Indian female athlete has ever come to win an Olympic medal. Believe it or not but the ace sprinter of India had lost the bronze medal by just 1/100th of a second.
Awards and Accolades
PT Usha has had a fabulous career as a sportsperson and her moments of glory are etched in the hearts of her diehard fans. Throughout her illustrious career, India’s Golden Girl has won both national and international medals and made the Tricolor flutter with immense pride. PT Usha has won as many as 101 national and international including 13 Gold medals in the Asian Games and Asian Championships. PT Usha was honored with the Arjuna Award and Padma Shree in 1984. Usha was awarded the Greatest Woman Athlete in 1985 at the Jakarta Asian Athletic Meet, Adidas Golden Shoe award for the Best Athlete in 1986 at the Seoul Asian Games.
She has won Best Athlete in Asia award in the year 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1989. She has also won World Trophy for Best Athlete in 1985 and 1986. Currently, PT Usha is employed in Southern Railways as an officer and is also successfully running a school for athletics at Koyilandi near Kozhikode, Kerala, where girls of the age group 10-12 are recruited and trained. The training and guiding ability of PT Usha came into limelight when one of her students Tintu Lukka, qualified for the women’s semi-final in the 800m event at the 2012 London Olympics.
This sporting star has won the hearts of Indians not only because of her achievements on the track and field but also for the fact that she triumphed in life’s race, overcoming all the challenges life threw at her. Be it financial difficulties, inadequate facilities and health problems she faced them all with immense confidence and emerged as a winner. And that is how a young kid from a small village became the sporting legend of India.
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