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ഒൻപതാം ക്ലാസിൽ പഠിക്കുമ്പോൾ 800 മീറ്റർ ഓട്ടത്തിൽ ഞാൻ പുതിയ ദേശീയ റെക്കോർഡ് ഇട്ടു. അന്ന് ഇന്റർവ്യൂ ചെയ്യാൻ മാധ്യമങ്ങൾ ഹോസ്റ്റലിൽ വന്നപ്പോഴാണ് ഞങ്ങൾ താമസിക്കുന്നത് വളരെ പരിമിതമായ സൗകര്യങ്ങളുള്ള സ്ഥലത്താണ് എന്ന് പുറംലോകം അറിഞ്ഞത്. അങ്ങനെ അവിടത്തെ സ്പോർട്സ് ഡിവിഷൻ നിർത്തി ഞങ്ങളിൽ കുറച്ചുപേരെ തിരുവനന്തപുരം ജി.വി. രാജ സ്പോർട്സ് സ്കൂളിലേക്കും ബാക്കിയുള്ളവരെ കണ്ണൂർ സ്പോർട്സ് ഡിവിഷനിലേക്കും മാറ്റി. അക്കൂട്ടത്തിൽ എന്നോടൊപ്പം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന ഷാന്റിമോൾ ഫിലിപ്പ്, സാനി ജോസഫ് തുടങ്ങിയവരൊക്കെ ഏഷ്യൻ ചാമ്പ്യൻഷിപ്പിലെ മെഡൽ ജേതാക്കളായി.
&nbsp;ജി.വി. രാജയിലെ കോച്ച് ബാലചന്ദ്രൻ സാറായിരുന്നു. അവിടെ പഠിക്കുന്ന കാലം മുതൽ വിവിധ മത്സരങ്ങളിൽ ഇന്ത്യയെ പ്രതിനിധീകരിച്ചു പങ്കെടുക്കാൻ എനിക്കു സാധിച്ചു.1981ൽ കൊറിയയിൽ വച്ചു നടന്ന വേൾഡ് ജൂനിയർ മീറ്റിൽ പി.ടി. ഉഷ യും ഞാനും പങ്കെടുത്തു. അന്ന് ഉഷയ്ക്കും എം.ഡി. വത്സമ്മയ്ക്കും കോച്ചുമാരുണ്ടായിരുന്നു. എനിക്ക് സ്പെഷൽ കോച്ച് ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നില്ല. ക്യാംപിൽ ആരാണോ കോച്ച്, അവർക്കൊപ്പം പരിശീലനം നടത്തി. എന്നെക്കൂടാതെ അങ്ങനെ വേറെയും കുട്ടികൾ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
ജി.വി രാജയിൽ പഠിക്കുമ്പോഴും കൂടുതൽ സമയവും ഞാൻ പട്യാലയിൽ ഏഷ്യൻ ഗെയിംസിന്റെ ക്യാംപിൽ ആയിരുന്നു. അന്ന് ക്യാംപിൽ ഒരുപാട് മലയാളികൾ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. അവിടെ വച്ചാണ് വിൽസണെ പരിചയപ്പെട്ടത്.
പിന്നീട് പ്രീഡിഗ്രിക്ക് പാലാ അൽഫോൺസ കോളജിൽ ചേർന്നു. അവിടെ മനിയാ നിസാറായിരുന്നു കോച്ച്. 1982ലെ ഏഷ്യൻ ഗെയിംസും കഴിഞ്ഞാണ് ഞാൻ പാലായിലെത്തിയത്. കോളജ് അധികൃതരുടെ ഭാഗത്തുനിന്ന് എല്ലാ പിന്തുണയും സഹായവും ലഭിച്ചിരുന്നു. ഒളിംപിക്സിൽ സെമിഫൈനലിലെത്തിയ ആദ്യ ഇന്ത്യൻ വനിതാ താരമായതിനു പിന്നിൽ ഒട്ടേറെ പേരുടെ സഹായവും പ്രാർഥനയും ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു.
ഇന്ത്യ കണ്ട ഏറ്റവും മികച്ച വനിതാ കായികതാരങ്ങളിലൊരാൾ.&nbsp;രണ്ടു മിനിറ്റിൽ താഴെ ആദ്യമായി 800 മീറ്റർ ഓടിത്തീർത്ത ഇന്ത്യൻ വനിത.&nbsp;ഈ വിഭാഗത്തിൽ തുടർച്ചയായ 14 വർഷം ദേശീയ ജേതാവായിരുന്നു.
തുടർച്ചയായി നാല് ഒളിംപിക്സുകളിലും നാല് ഏഷ്യൻ ഗെയിംസുകളിലും പങ്കെടുത്തു.എഴുപത്തഞ്ചിലേറെ രാജ്യാന്തര മെഡലുകൾ നേടി.
ഒളിംപിക്സിൽ സെമിഫൈനലിൽ എത്തിയ ആദ്യ ഇന്ത്യൻ വനിതാ താരമെന്ന അപൂർവ നേട്ടത്തിനുടമയാണ്.&nbsp;രാജ്യാന്തര നീന്തൽ താരം വിൽസൺ ചെറിയാനാണ് ഭർത്താവ്.&nbsp;മക്കൾ: ശിൽപ, സാന്ദ്ര, ഷെയിൻ വിൽസൺ.
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is the World's largest and fastest growing self-service, cross-platform digital newsstand with over 87 million users since its inception in 2011 and thousands of magazines and newspapers across 40+ categories and 60+ languages. Headquartered in New York, Magzter has its local presence in Amsterdam, London, Mexico City, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Singapore, and will soon be expanding to other countries. Founded by global entrepreneurs, Girish Ramdas and Vijay Radhakrishnan in June 2011, Magzter enables magazine and newspaper publishers around the world to create and deliver digital editions of their titles to global consumers.

n. We will also use usage information in order to ensure users adhere to our Terms of Use. For example, a user’s usage information will help us confirm that a user only downloads a magazine or other content a permitted number of times or to a permitted number of devices.

which gives digital readers unlimited access to 9,000+ magazines and newspapers for a monthly subscription price. Magzter also has the largest number of stories in the world with its game-changing ezRead 2.0 feature for its apps, which enables smartphone and small-screen mobile users to enjoy magazine content the way it was meant to be enjoyed, with article text that is easy to read and is accompanied by stunning videos and high resolution photography.

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