5 Indian sports stars who deserve a biopic of their own

#4 Anju Bobby George

Anju Bobby George: The forgotten legend

A discriminatory environment, the struggles to become a world-class athlete, a tryst with world champion long jumper Mike Powell, that changes her life forever, a husband who gives up his own career in Men's Triple Jump to let her dreams have wings and the first Indian to get a gold at any IAAF World Championships

This is just a fraction of the tumultuous, yet a remarkable journey in the life of one of India's most remarkable athletes, Anju Bobby George, who is till date the only Indian to have climbed the podium at the IAAF World Championships in the 2003 edition. It's an irony that despite such claims to fame, not even half of the country's womenfolk know about her laurels.She is a legend, who has not been given her due credit.

Had it not been for the shady athletes from the former Soviet bloc, who allegedly made the women's long jump event at Athens Olympics 2004 one of the dirtiest sports events after the notorious 100 m. race from the Seoul Olympics 1988, courtesy their involvement in rampant doping, Anju could've been the first ever independent Indian to have clinched an Olympic medal in athletics. This dramatic journey does deserve a biopic of its own.