They are identical twins and it’s very tough to differentiate Vithya Ramraj from Nithya. The former is a 400m hurdler and quartermiler while the latter is a sprint hurdler. Even the World Athletics is very confused when it comes to the twin sisters from Coimbatore who train at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai.
The World Athletics website has been listing Nithya’s achievements — she was fourth in the recent Bangkok Asians and is the country’s No. 2 100m hurdler behind Asian champion Jyothi Yarraji — under Vithya’s name.
Incidentally Vithya, who is younger to Nithya by a minute, has never done the 100m hurdles. She is now making a big mark in the tougher 400m hurdles and the 400 flat and her performances in the Indian Grand Prix-5 in Chandigarh promises to make 2023 her best year ever.
