PT Usha, Gurbachan Singh Randhawa to head AFI's senior and junior selection committees

New Delhi: Sprint legend PT Usha has been given charge of the junior selection committee, while hurdling great Gurbachan Singh Randhawa will head the senior panel in the latest appointments announced by the Athletics Federation of India. The 56-year-old Usha won multiple medals in the Asian Games in 100m, 200m, 400m and 4x400m besides finishing fourth in 400m hurdles in the 1984 Olympics. Other members of the junior committee are Soma Biswas, Anand Menzes, Satbir Singh, Sandeep Sarkaria, Sunita Rani, Rama Chandran, Joseph Abraham, Harwant Kaur, MD Valsama and Kamal Ali Khan. The senior selection committee, to be chaired by Randhawa, will have former chief coach Bahadur Singh, Bahadur Singh Saggu, Krishna Poonia, Jyotirmoyee Sikdar, Uday Prabhu, Praveen Jolly and Gopal Saini as other members. The 81-year-old Randhawa had won a gold in decathlon in the 1962 Asian Games and finished fifth in 110m hurdles in the 1964 Olympics. “The role of each and every member of selection committee is very important and hence, we have included former athletes who have plenty of experience for this important role,” AFI president Adille Sumariwalla said. AFI president, secretary, chief coach and chairman planning committee will be ex-officio members of the committees.