Luka will win gold at Glasgow CWG, says confident Usha
Legendary athlete P T Usha today expressed hope that her student Tintu Luka would win gold medal in the 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this year.
|Last Updated: Feb 09, 2014, 04:35 PM IST|Source: PTI
Mumbai: Legendary athlete P T Usha on Sunday expressed hope that her student Tintu Luka would win gold medal in the 800 metres at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this year.
"Tintu is doing very well. We are trying to get her more outside exposure. For her, this year is very important. I want her to time under 1 min 59 seconds because last time at the CWG, she didn`t do well. This year she should get the gold and not just any medal as she is in a good form," Usha told reporters here at the KOOH Sports Speedstar season 2 event.
The CWG will be held in Glasgow, Scotland from July 21 to August 4, while the Asian Games are scheduled in Incheon, South Korea from September 28 to October 5.
The 49-year old said she has identified a few events in Europe for Tintu to compete. "I have selected some competition from May onwards in Europe. Qualifying for Olympics and world athletics, it is not so easy. Running with Indian athletes, you cannot qualify. She got only two races last year, how she will be able to qualify?
"There is no competition at all. We are trying to send her outside the country and at the same time Jessy Joseph is also doing very well, so she will also give good competition to Tintu," Usha said.
The former `Sprint Queen` was hopeful that Indians would do well in athletics in prestigious international tournaments such as Asian Games and Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held this year.
"For Indian Athletics, this year is very important because the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and World Cup is there. I hope the athletes would a better performance because the last time Olympics the performance was better. Two had come in finals and one had in 10th position and 800m the 11th position. I hope they do well," said Usha, who is a recipient of Padma Shri and Arjuna Award.
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