Sprinter PU Chitra ties knot in palakakd
Athlete PU Chitra and Nenmara native Shaiju got hitched on Saturday. The marriage was solemnised in a small function held at Mylampully in Palakkad. They have been engaged since September. Chitra is India’s middle-distance runner.
She won gold medals in the 1500-metre race in the 2016 South Asian Games, 2017 Asian Athletics Championships and 2019 Doha Asian Athletics Championship and bronze in the 2018 Asian Games. She is the daughter of Unnikrishnan and Vasanthakumari. She is a senior clerk in the Indian Railways.
