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write about 10-15 lines of P.T. usha​

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Answered by reasjessi
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Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She is often called the "queen of Indian track and field".

She is now employed as an officer in the Southern Railways. Not content with just family life and a 9-5 routine, Usha decided to venture into athletics again, though in a different direction. PT Usha was the first Indian woman athlete to reach the final of an Olympic event, at the Los Angeles Games in 1984. She lost the bronze medal in the 400 m hurdles by one hundredth of a second, but her timing of 55.42 seconds remains a national record till date.

Answered by SmritiSami
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Following are some points about P.T. Usha, a retired Indian track and field athlete:

  • P.T. Usha was born in Kerala. She has been involved with Indian sports since 1979.
  • She is often referred to as the "Queen of Indian track and field."
  • In Kerala, she attended Providence Women's College.
  • Usha married an inspector of the Central Industrial Security Force. The couple has a child.
  • She competed in the 4 x 100 meters relay with Valdivel Jayalakshmi, Rachita Mistry, and E.B. Shyla for India at the 1998 Asian Championships in Athletics, where her team won gold and set the current national mark of 44.43 seconds.
  • Usha won 13 gold medals at ATF meets between 1983 and 1989.
  • Usha won four gold medals and one silver medal in track and field events at the 10th Asian Games in Seoul in 1986.
  • In 1985, she also won five gold medals at the 6th Asian Track and Field Championships in Jakarta.
  • Her medals in the same international competition set a record for a single athlete at a single international meet.
  • Usha was devastated by the Scoul Olympics (1988), and she retired from athletics after waving farewell to the tracks in Beijing, where she failed to win a single gold medal in the 1990 Asian Games. According to legend, the Golden Girl retired without a gold medal.
  • She is now the committee chairman of the Indian Talent organization, which organizes the National Level Indian Talent Olympiad tests in schools throughout India.
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