Last year was a stunning one for Vithya Ramraj. The 25-year-old from Tamil Nadu, who had been living in the shadows of bigger names earlier, equalled P.T. Usha’s National record on her way to the 400m hurdles bronze in the Hangzhou Asian Games where she also helped India to silver medals in the 4x400m women’s and mixed relays.
The quartermiler-hurdler was the toast of the country then but her stunning progress had also raised eyebrows among close followers of the sport. Now, the worry lines have gone deeper.
Despite this being an Olympic year, Vithya has still not joined the national camp for quartermilers and relay runners which is currently on in Thiruvananthapuram.
