Olympic bound Revathi: Sprinting away from poverty

Chennai, July 8 When 23-year old Tamil Nadu sprinter and the Tokyo Olympic bound V.Revathi went to the dining hall at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala for the first time she saw almonds and pista.

It was also the first time Revathi saw bowls of different kinds of dishes and had unlimited food including non-veg dishes.

"During my school and college days in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, I had heard about dry nuts like almond and pista. It was for the first time I saw them at the coaching camp. Further it was for the first time I was having unlimited food on a daily basis," Revathi told .

The value of one morsel of food is known only to those who don't have that.

Revathi and her younger sister lost their parents at a very young age and who grew up in a government hostel knew that very well at a very tender age.

Their grandmother Aarammal, a labourer took care of the young girls and later admitted them to a government hostel as she didn't have the financial means to feed the two more mouths.

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