Asian Games 2018

The athlete, who had to attach a Kinesio tape around her swollen right jaw, to make the pain bearable, also won shot put, javelin and high jump. She also became the fifth woman athlete to score 6,000 points in the sport.

Puttamma recalls how a young Usha, then in high school wanted to go to the tryouts at Vidyapeetha for the sub-junior selections. She asked her mother for Rs 10 to take the bus from Yeshwantpur.

An Asian Games participant, the 15 year old Maibam is brilliant on the rock-face, and is proof that sport climbing has a bright future here.

The 30-year-old will soon represent India for the third time at the Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, between August 18 to September 2.