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Here we revisit some of her best performances. 7 min By Utathya Nag. Athletics. (PT Usha / Facebook) Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, or PT Usha, is, perhaps, best known for her incredible run at the Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games. As agonising as missing out on an Olympic medal by a mere 1/100th of a second was, LA is often considered the ...
28. Nov. 2022 · P.T. Usha was first noticed by O.M. Nambiar, an athletics coach at a sports prize-distribution ceremony in 1977 and in the same he began coaching her. Quick results were followed after she won six ...
27. Juni 2023 · P. T. Usha aka Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha [3] was born on Saturday, 27 June 1964 ( age 59 years; as of 2023) in Koothali, Kerala. She was brought up in Thikkoti, Kerala. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. From class 1 to class 7, she did her schooling at Trikottur AUP School in Kozhikode, Kerala.
9. Mai 2023 · PT Usha also boasts of a record haul at the Asian Athletics Championships, accounting for a whopping 23 medals - 14 gold, six silver and three bronze. She won five gold medals and one bronze alone at the 1985 Asian athletics in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Indian sprint legend’s last major international medal before retirement came in the 1998 ...
7. Aug. 2020 · Build-up to the 1984 Olympics. After an appearance at the Moscow 1980 Olympics, PT Usha made waves at the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi with silver medals in the 100m and the 200m races. A year later, at the Asian Athletics Championships, PT Usha would set her first Asian record en route to a gold medal-winning performance in the 400m.
From her travel travails in Pakistan as a teenager to why she was terrified of running against the Russians as a 16-year-old at the Moscow Olympics and the h...
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Vor 2 Tagen · ACHIEVEMENTS. PT Usha was awarded the mythical being Award and also the Padma Shri Award in 1983 and 1985, severally, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the country's athletics community. In addition, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) named her the Century's Best contestant and Millennium's Best contestant.
