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Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha on Saturday broke down in front of the media alleging that illegal construction work was being carried out in the compound of her Usha School of Athletics in Kerala. She also said that the work was stopped after a complaint to the police. While talking to the media […] The post PT Usha breaks down on camera claims security threat to her athletics school appeared first on The Daily Guardian.

Anyone who has followed Indian sports over a long period of time will have heard of PT Usha. She pretty much put India on the map in track and field after the Milkha Singh era. Usha narrowly missed out on a bronze in the 1984 Olympics, but there is more to her legacy than that. As a child she did not have a good financial position and faced difficulties and this compounded by health problems. But

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Read "PT Usha" by Kumkum Khanna available from Rakuten Kobo. P.T. Usha — The queen of Indian track and field for two decades was called by many names — ‘Payyoli Express’’, Udanpari’...

It’s hard to imagine a book about Indian sports without mentioning legendary track and field athlete, Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha, better known as PT Usha. She was born on June 27, 1964, in the Piyyoli village in Kerala’s Kozhikode district. Despite being born into a family that wasn’t financially sound, PT Usha’s success is a staple of the fact that the mixture of talent and consistent hard work holds the power of moulding the lines of destiny in one’s favour. Well, it is what PT…

P.T. Usha, an Indian athletic popularly known as "Payyoli Express". Her career spanned nearly two decades where she had established seven national records, for her country. #P.T.Usha #athletics #champion #sportsperson #legend

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P.T. Usha - Indian Athlete

27th June marks the birth anniversary of the great athlete P.T Usha. Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha, popularly known as P. T. Usha, is a retired Indian track and field athlete. She has been associated with Indian athletics since 1979. She is regarded as one of the greatest athletes India has ever produced and is often called the "queen of Indian track and field". She is nicknamed as the Payyoli Express. Currently she runs the Usha School of Athletics at Koyilandy in Kerala. P. T. Usha…

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