Some one had to call the bluff. and Anju did it in style. She simply said that PT Usha was not an athlete of international standards during her heydays. She even went on to hint that Usha had managed to finish 4th in the Olympics only because there were no Eastern Block Athletes at that point of time. During the Los Angeles Olympics , the Soviet Bloc had boycotted the Olympics en masse leaving the field open for a lot of medals.
Anju hit the nail on the head when she said that Milkha Singh and PT Usha were Asian Level athletes at the best and not world class athletes that she could look up to.
Time PT Usha realises that she and OP.Nambiar dominated the Indian Athletic scene only because of their scheming in collusion with the AAI. Can anyone forget that though Ashwini Nachappa had qualified for the 200 mtrs in Asian Games, PT Usha decided to participate. Mysteriously she decided to drop out of the event leaving Ashwini running just the relay races. Many of her peers were either eased out slowly or were shown the door just to ensure that she dominated the field. Does anyone remember Vandana Rao or Ashwini Nachappa ? Not really they disappeared from the scene more out of disgust.
I am sure PT Usha ran the race more outside the track than on the track with her rivals.
Ofcourse Anju Bobby George will soon issue a denial saying she was misquoted, but I would say the fact remains, that PT Usha ran the race elsewhere 🙂
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