Sudha Singh: Her chances are far better to bring medal for India.

Sudha Singh, 30 year old Athlete who represents India in Women's 3000m steeplechase event. She is from Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh and has been a regular feature in the 3,000m steeplechase and women's marathon for India. She came in at 19:31:86, at the 20^th Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championship and thus managed to qualify for Rio Olympics 2016.

She is JSW candidate and coached by the legendary trainer Nikolai Snearev, whose iron fist has clearly worked as athlete continue to improve with each competitive event.

"Coach Nikolai was keen that we run only the marathon. But I felt I had a better chance in the track event. It took a while to convince the coach that I would be better suited for the steeplechase than the marathon,” Sudha told The Indian Express.

PT Usha talks about India’s chance to win any medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase. "In athletics, we cannot say who will win a medal. Participation itself is good. Tintu Luka, Lalita Babar and Sudha Singh, stand a good chance of qualifying for finals, only thing they have to do is better their performance," she told PTI in Bengaluru.

As we look at her past Olympics performance ended in disappointment as she came 21st in London Olympics 2012 in the women's 3000m steeplechase.

Past record (recent best performances):

-Gold medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2010 Asian Games Guangzhou, China

- Gold medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2013 Asian Championships Pune

- Silver medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2011 Asian Championships Kobe, Japan

- Silver medal in 3,000m steeplechase at 2009 Asian Championships Guangzhou, China

Despite holding the national record with a time of 9:26:55, it is highly unlikely that Sudha can go on to win a medal at the Rio Games. A great race might boost her position further up the field and we hope that she brings a medal for India.