HER ACHIEVEMENTS National Record at State athletic meet at Kottayam, 1977. She captured the limelight as a junior athlete in National Inter State meet at Kollam, 1978. Selected to National Squad for the 18th Pakistan National Games in Karachi, 1980. Selected to the Moscow Olympics, 1980. First Keralite and first Indian woman to reach the final of an Olympic event. Youngest Indian sprinter to compete in the quadrennial sporting  extravaganza in Moscow Olympics. She was past 16 then. Participated in 1982 Delhi Asiad and won the first medal of the games. In 1983 Asian Track and Field Meet (re-christened as the Asian championship) at Kuwait, Usha tried out the 400m for the first time. She emerged successful in the one- lapper at an international arena for the first time. Her effort of 55.54 seconds in LosAngeles was a record since this was the first time, 400m hurdles was conducted in the womens section. Usha gathered 5 gold medals and one bronze in 1985, at the Jakarta Asian Athletic meet. Won four golds in 1986, Seoul Asian games, claiming for herself the title of  Asia's sprint queen. Following her marriage in 1991, she quit the scene for a while, but came back in1993 ,after 3 years of hibernation. Participated in Olympic games from 1980, except on 1992, Barcelona Olympics. She last participated in Atlanta Olympics , 1996.       Copyright © 2000 Guildsoft India Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved