Tokyo 2020: Orphaned at five, sprinter Revathi Veeramani gears up to live Olympic dream
The HinduOrphaned at five, raised by her daily wager grandmother and forced to run barefoot early on as shoes was a luxury she couldn't afford, sprinter Revathi Veeramani is now ready to live an Olympic dream, one that has come true much earlier than she expected. "Our relatives told grandma to send us to work but she would refuse, saying we should go to school and study," she added, admiring the fortitude of her 76-year-old grandmother who stuck to her conviction and focused on ensuring that the two little girls in her care got access to education. Under Kannan's tutelage, she was running 100m and 200m but Galina Bukharina, the national camp coach for quartermilers, told her to shift to 400m. A quick learner both on and off the field of play, Revathi has managed to learn reasonably good Hindi after coming to the national camp in Patiala two years ago.
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