Rachita Mistry

Rachita Mistry née Panda (born 4 March 1974)[1] is an Indian former sprinter from Odisha.[5] Rachita set her personal best time of 11.26 s for 100 metres in Bangalore on 5 July 2001 and in the process she broke P. T. Usha's long standing mark of 11.39 s set during the 1985 Asian Championships in Athletics in Jakarta.[6][7] However, following some controversies,[8][9] the Amateur Athletic Federation of India (AAFI) did not ratify the national record on the ground that no dope tests had been carried out during the meet.[10] Rachita represented India in 4 x 100 metres relay together with P. T. Usha, E. B. Shyla, and Saraswati Saha at the 1998 Asian Championships in Athletics where her team won the gold medal on way to setting the current national record of 44.43 s.[11][12] Later in the 4 x 100 metres relay at 2000 Sydney Olympics her team - consisting of V. Jayalakshmi, Vinita Tripathi, and Saraswati Saha - clocked a time of 45.20 s in the first round.Rachita's 200 metres record was later replaced by Saraswati Saha in August 2002.
RourkelaOdishaRunning100 metres200 metresIndian RailwaysThiruvananthapuramChennaiathleticsAsian Games1998 BangkokAsian Championships1998 Fukuoka1993 Manila2000 Jakarta4×100 msprinterBangaloreP. T. Usha1985 Asian Championships in AthleticsJakartadope tests4 x 100 metres relaySaraswati Saha1998 Asian Championships in Athleticsnational record2000 Sydney Olympics200 metreArjuna AwardFukuoka, JapanJakarta, IndonesiaThe HinduInternational Association of Athletics FederationsMinistry of Youth Affairs and SportsWorld AthleticsOlympedia