With eye on Olympic medal, Padma Shri Sudha shuns family for glory
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With eye on Olympic medal, Padma Shri Sudha shuns family for glory. (photo credit : JSW sports). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, Jan 27 : Long distance runner Sudha Singh, who was picked for the Padma Shri in the 2021 honours list, is so fiercely focussed on her dream of winning an Olympic medal that she hasn t visited home in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, for well over a year and has been training in national camp.
The last time, 34-year-old Sudha, a former national 3,000 metres steeplechase record holder but is now concentrating on marathon, visited home was in December 2019. Mobile phone is her closest companion for keeping in touch with her family.
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Former athletes Robert de Castella and Nova Peris are concerned over the future of the AIS and Australian sport.
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When the 180 Australian athletes returned home from competing at the Montreal Olympics in 1976, the sporting-mad nation could not believe they had not brought a single gold medal home with them.
Despite competing in 20 sports, the team brought home just one silver and four bronze medals.
It was in the face of the subsequent public backlash that the government of the day set up the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in a bid to elevate the nation as a leader in sport.
The javelin thrower, considered one of India’s best medal prospect at the 2021 Games feels the lack of clarity over the event is hampering athletes’ preparation
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