Foto: Twitter Amụrụ na 1960 wee na-eto site na Ottathai, Kerala's Kannur district, Manathoor Devasai Valsamma, nke a maara dị ka MD Valsamma, bụ onye egwuregwu India lara ezumike nka dị mpako taa. Ọ bụ nwanyị India mbụ nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo na mmemme mba ụwa na ala India na nwanyị India nke abụọ na-eme egwuregwu mgbe Kamaljeet Sandhu nwetagoro ọla edo n'otu n'otu na egwuregwu Eshia. Oge ndekọ ya nke 58.47 sekọnd n'ime ihe mgbochi 400 mita na ogige Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi dugara ya iji nweta nrite ọla edo na 1982 Asia Games. Onye na-eme ihe mgbochi ghọrọ onye mmeri mba na ndekọ ọhụrụ a nke ka mma karịa ndekọ Eshia!
Valsamma na-eme egwuregwu kemgbe oge akwụkwọ ya mana ọ na-agbasi mbọ ike na ya wee malite ịchụ ya dị ka ọrụ naanị mgbe ọ gachara akwụkwọ na Mercy College, Palakkad, Kerala. O nwetara nrite mbụ ya maka steeti ahụ na mmemme ihe mgbochi 100 mita na pentathlon, mmemme egwuregwu nwere nchikota ise dị iche iche - ihe mgbochi 100 mita, mwụ elu ogologo, ịgba égbè, mwụli elu na ọsọ mita 800. Ihe nrite mbụ nke ndụ ya mere site na Inter-University Championship, Pune na 1979. N'oge na-adịghị anya, ọ debanyere aha na Southern Railways nke India ma kụziere ya n'okpuru AK Kutty, onye nchịkwa egwuregwu a ma ama bụ onye e nyere ihe nrite Dronarcharya Award na 2010.
N'oge mmalite nke ọrụ egwuregwu ya, Valsamma nwetara ihe nrite ọla edo ise maka ịrụ ezi ihe nlereanya ya na mita 100, ihe mgbochi 400 mita, 400 mita larịị na mita 400, na ịgba ọsọ 100 mita na Inter-State Meet, Bangalore na 1981. Ihe ịga nke ọma a magburu onwe ya. duru ya gaa na otu mba yana banye n'okporo ụzọ ụgbọ oloko. N'afọ 1984, na nke mbụ, otu ìgwè ụmụ nwanyị India anọ banyere n'ikpeazụ na Los Angeles Olympics, Valsamma sokwa n'ime ha, ya na P.T. Usha na Shiny Wilson. Mana Valsamma anọghị n'ọnọdụ dị mma tupu asọmpi Olympic, n'ihi enweghị ahụmịhe egwuregwu mba ụwa. Na mgbakwunye, onye nkuzi ya Kutty kpochapụrụ n'oge, nke butere obere oge maka mmemme ma metuta nkwadebe uche ya. Enwere ọtụtụ ihe nkiri asọmpi tupu asọmpi Olympic n'etiti ya na P.T. Usha, bụ nke na-esiwanye ike na egwu egwu, mana ọbụbụenyi ha na-adịghị mma nyere ha uru n'ịnọgide n'ịdị n'otu na nkwanye ùgwù ọbụna n'oge ndị ahụ siri ike. Valsamma nwekwara obi ụtọ ịhụ Usha na-eru eru maka ihe mgbochi 400 mita, ebe e wepụrụ ya na agba nke mbụ n'onwe ya na Olympics. N'ụzọ doro anya, ndị otu ahụ enwetala ọnọdụ nke asaa na ihe mgbochi 4X400 mita na mmemme ahụ.
Ka oge na-aga, Valsamma malitere itinye uche na ihe mgbochi 100 mita wee gaa n'ihu ịmepụta ndekọ mba ọzọ na egwuregwu mba mbụ na 1985. N'ime egwuregwu egwuregwu na-ewe ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ 15, ọ meriri ọlaedo, ọlaọcha, ọla ọla na Spartakiad 1983, South Asia. Federation (SAF) maka mmemme egwuregwu atọ dị iche iche. O sonyeere na asọmpi iko mba ụwa na Havana, Tokyo, London, mbipụta Eshia nke 1982, 1986, 1990 na 1994 na egwu na ogige Eshia niile. Ọ hapụrụ akara ya na asọmpi ọ bụla site n'ịmeri ọtụtụ nrite.
Gọọmenti India nyere Valsamma Arjuna Award na 1982 yana ihe nrite Padma Shri na 1983 maka nnukwu onyinye ya na ọkaibe na ngalaba egwuregwu. Ọ natakwara ihe nrite ego G.V. Raja sitere na Gọọmenti Kerala. Nke a bụ njem Valsamma n'egwuregwu, akụkọ na-akpali akpali ọbụna ruo taa n'ihi na o meela India mpako!
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