Medical problems generally tend to hinder athletes, but for seven-year-old Spanishta Kasad of Alexandra Girls' Institution (Fort) it's been just the opposite.


Spanishta Kasad (centre) competes in the MSSA girls' U-8 50m event at University Pavilion in Marine Lines on Saturday. Pic/Atul Kamble 

Spanishta suffered from a severe colic problem (constant crying by infants who appear to be otherwise healthy) till the age of three, and would remain awake late into the night, leaving her mother Binaiser worried about her condition.