India's Olympic athletics events legend PT Usha has been named for the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) 'Veteran Pin' for her remarkable support of the game. Usha is probably the best runner to have emerged from India and is regularly called the "sovereign of Olympic style sports".
She won five gold awards - 100m, 200m, 400m, 400m obstacles and the 4x400m hand-off - other than a bronze in the 1985 Asian Games which were held in Jakarta. "We are pleased that you have been selected by your Area Association as a beneficiary of the IAAF Veteran Pin for your long and exemplary support of the reason for World Athletics," the IAAF CEO Jon Ridgeon educated Usha in a letter.
Usha's most important presentation came in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics where she turned into the main Indian to arrive at the finals of the 400m obstacles, yet lost the bronze by 100th of a second. She is also awarded with Arjuna Award and Padmashree.
