SEOUL, Sept. 29, Reuter: Indian athletics star P.T. Usha set off on a hunt for six gold medals by breaking a 12yearold Asian games 200 meter record in her first appearance on the track today.
Brushing aside an early challenge around the curve by South Korea’s Park MiSun, Usha strode powerfully towards the tape in 23,68 seconds, 0.11 seconds faster than the record set by Israel’s Esther Rot at the 1974 games in Teheran,
The 200 meters heats was the first event for the 22yearold railway officer who is bidding for six gold’s at Seoul and looks unbeatable in five,
Usha’s heat was the fastest and gave her a chance to avenge a silver medal placing in the last Asian games in New Delhi where she lost to Japan’s Hiromi Isozaki, Isozaki could’ only finish third today as Park swept past her and tested Usha over the first 100 meters until she was outclassed down the straight by the Indian,
Article extracted from this publication >> October 3, 1986
