A few years ago, when she was at the Usha School of Athletics, there were expectations that K. Sneha would turn out to be a very talented quartermiler, one who follow in her academy-mate Jisna Mathew’s footsteps.
But Sneha’s track career ran into a lot of trouble. Four years ago, she left Usha’s academy and then took a year’s break. She began training under coach P.P. Paul after that. On Thursday, the 24-year-old clocked a personal best 54.31s (in semifinal) on her way to the 400m gold at the Tony Daniel memorial 67th Kerala State senior athletics championships at the C.H. Muhammed Koya Stadium here.
Meanwhile, V.K. Vismaya, who had anchored India to the 4x400m women’s relay gold at the last Asian Games in Jakarta, failed to live up to expectations finishing third in her semifinal in 56.21s. The international later skipped the final.
