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"I couldn’t hide my glee when I used to read Milkha’s remarks about me. Sometimes he will be appreciative, at times he will be critical, but I didn’t mind that at all," says Usha.
Milkha's life is an inspirational book full of wisdom. He was the one who taught India's sportspersons to learn what you can from failures and improve.
The 91-year-old, popularly known as Flying Sikh, is asymptomatic and claims to be in "high spirits'".
The long jumper Sreesankhar cleared 8.26 metres at the Federation Cup last week to erase the national record and secure a spot at the Tokyo Olympics.
Kamalpreet Kaur booked her Olympics berth with an effort of 65.06m in discus throw.
The 21-year-old from Kerala set a new national record of 8.26m in his fifth attempt.
The dead body of the 72-year-old Snesarev, who returned to India after a gap of two years to be at the helm till the end of September, has been sent to a government hospital for post-mortem.
Competing for the first time in more than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the whole of 2020 calendar, Chopra hurled the spear to a distance of 88.07cm in his fifth attempt.
Vlasic claimed the silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and bronze in Rio in 2016.
After watching Samridhi easily beat her rivals to clinch the gold in the 600m race, Usha said she would persuade her to shift her focus to 400 metres hurdles.
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