"There is no dearth of talent in our country, but we need to make sports training systematic by including sports as a subject in schools and encourage children for taking up sports. It will help us in producing quality players," Usha told reporters.
The former sprinter was in the city to take part in a talent hunt programme organised by Sports Authority of Gujarat. The Gujarat government had signed an MoU with Usha School of Athletics.
Similar talent hunt would be held in Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara on November 11, 12 and 13 respectively, she added.
The selected children would be given training by Usha at Vadodara's Manjalpur Athletics Academy.
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