BEIJING: India’s sprint queen, P T Usha, lost her 200 meter Asian games title when she came fourth in the finals at the Olympic centre stadium here.
China’s Han Qing won the gold clipping off 0.02 seconds from Usha’s Asian games record of 23.44 seconds which she set in Seoul.
Chinese Taipei’s Wang Huei Chen took the silver witah 23, 89 sec and China’s Tian ‘Yumei won the bronze medal with a time of 24.01 secs.
Usha clocked 24.03 and India’s other contender Ashwini Nachappa came fifth with a timing of 24.18 secs,
Article extracted from this publication >> October 5, 1990
