City girl M.R. Dhanusha’s outstanding performance in Heptathlon, a contest made up of seven track and field combined events, has helped her shine in the Junior Division as National-level sportsperson. The women’s heptathlon event consists of 100-metre hurdles, high-jump, shot-put and 200-metre run on the first day; and the running long (broad) jump, javelin-throw, and 800-metre run on the second day. Dhanusha has participated in 18 National-level events. In the 2016-17 National-level Federation Cup held at Coimbatore, Dhanusha bagged a gold medal and was selected to the Indian camp. She had also participated in the Asian Games held at Japan in the month of June and was placed eighth. This apart, she took part in the Dasara Sports Meet recently and bagged the first place in heptathlon and secured second spot in Long-Jump. Heptathlon was included in Olympic Games in 1984 and one needs to prepare in all ways to contest in heptathlon as it includes seven sporting events. Dhanusha is the second daughter of Manju and Rukmini couple of K.R. Nagar. Manju is an autorickshaw driver. Dhanusha has the dream of representing India in the Olympic Games and is undergoing training at Sports Authority of India (SAI).
