Kiʻi: Twitter Hānau ʻia i ka makahiki 1960 a hailing mai Ottathai, ka moku ʻo Kannur o Kerala, ʻo Manathoor Devasai Valsamma, i kapa ʻia ʻo MD Valsamma, he haʻaheo haʻaheo India i kēia lā. ʻO ia ka wahine India mua i loaʻa i ka mekala gula ma kahi hanana honua ma ka ʻāina ʻĀina a ʻo ka lua o ka wahine ʻōpio India ma hope o Kamaljeet Sandhu i lanakila pākahi i ke gula ma nā Pāʻani ʻAsia. ʻO kāna manawa hoʻopaʻa moʻolelo o 58.47 kekona i ka hanana 400 mika hurdles ma ke kahua o Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, ua alakaʻi ʻo Delhi iā ia e lanakila i ka mekala gula ma ka 1982 Asian Games. Ua lilo ka hurdler i poʻokela aupuni me kēia moʻolelo hou i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka moʻolelo ʻAsia!
Ua lilo ʻo Valsamma i ka haʻuki mai kona mau lā kula akā ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e ʻimi ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana ma hope o kona hele ʻana i ke kula ʻo Mercy College, Palakkad, Kerala. Ua lanakila 'o ia i kāna mekala mua no ka moku'āina ma ka hanana 100 mika hurdles a me ka pentathlon, he 'aha'ale'a me 'elima hui like 'ole - 100 mika hurdle, lele lō'ihi, pana pana, lele ki'eki'e a me 800 mika holo. ʻO ka mekala mua o kona ola i hele ma waena o ka Inter-University Championship, Pune i ka makahiki 1979. Ma hope koke iho, ua kākau inoa ʻia ʻo ia i Southern Railways of India a ua aʻo ʻia ʻo ia ma lalo o A. K. Kutty, he kumu hoʻokūkū kaulana i loaʻa i ka makana Dronarcharya hanohano ma 2010.
I nā lā mua o kāna ʻoihana haʻuki, ua lanakila ʻo Valsamma i ʻelima mau mekala gula no kāna hana hoʻohālike i ka 100 mika, 400 mika hurdles, 400 mika palahalaha a me 400 mika, a me 100 mika relay ma Inter-State Meet, Bangalore i ka makahiki 1981. alakaʻi iā ia i nā hui aupuni a i loko o nā Alaahi. I ka makahiki 1984, no ka manawa mua, ua komo ka hui o na wahine Inia eha i ka hopena hope loa ma ka 'Olumepika o Los Angeles, a o Valsamma kekahi o lakou, me P.T. ʻO Usha lāua ʻo Shiny Wilson. Akā ʻaʻole maikaʻi ʻo Valsamma ma mua o ka 'Olumepika, ma muli o ka nele o ka ʻike haʻuki honua. Eia hou, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia kāna kumu aʻo ʻo Kutty, ʻo ia ka mea i liʻiliʻi ka manawa no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa a ua hoʻopilikia i kāna hoʻomākaukau noʻonoʻo. He nui nā keaka hoʻokūkū ma mua o ka 'Olumepika ma waena ona a me P.T. ʻO Usha, ka mea i ikaika ma ke ala, akā ua pōmaikaʻi ko lākou pilina ma waho o ke ala i ka mālama ʻana i ka lokahi a me ka mahalo ʻoiai i kēlā mau manawa paʻakikī. A ua hauʻoli nui ʻo Valsamma i ka ʻike ʻana iā Usha i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā 400 mika hurdles, ʻoiai ua hoʻopau ʻia ʻo ia i ka pōʻai mua ma ka 'Olumepika. ʻO ka mea nui, ua loaʻa i ka hui ke kūlana ʻehiku ma ka 4X400 mika hurdles ma ka hanana.
Ma hope mai, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Valsamma i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā 100 mika hurdles a ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana i kahi moʻolelo aupuni ʻē aʻe i ka National Games mua ma 1985. Ma kahi ʻoihana haʻuki e kokoke ana i 15 mau makahiki, ua lanakila ʻo ia i nā mekala gula, kālā, keleawe ma Spartakiad 1983, ka Hema Hema. Federation (SAF) no ʻekolu mau hanana haʻuki like ʻole. Ua komo ʻo ia i nā hui ʻo World Cup ma Havana, Tokyo, Lākana, nā paʻi pāʻani ʻAsia o 1982, 1986, 1990 a me 1994 ma nā mele a me nā kahua ʻĀsia. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kāna hōʻailona ma kēlā me kēia hoʻokūkū ma ka lanakila ʻana i nā mekala.
Ua hāʻawi ke Aupuni o India iā Valsamma i ka Arjuna Award i ka makahiki 1982 a me ka makana Padma Shri i ka makahiki 1983 no kāna haʻawina nui a maikaʻi hoʻi i ka hana haʻuki. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka makana kālā GV Raja mai ke Aupuni o Kerala. ʻO ia ka huakaʻi a Valsamma ma ka ʻaleʻaleʻa, he moʻolelo hoʻohiwahiwa a hiki i kēia lā no ka mea ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe maoli ʻo ia iā India!
E heluhelu hou: E hui me Padma Shri Geeta Zutshi, ka mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū ma mua
