Odisha’s Animesh Kujur Dominates 100m & 200m at Indian Grand Prix 2

Trivandrum: Odisha’s promising sprinter Animesh Kujur stamped his authority in the men’s 100m and 200m events at the Indian Grand Prix 2 at LNCPE Campus in Trivandrum on Saturday. The 21-year-old national record-holder in the men’s 200m emerged fastest runner of the one-day event. He won the short dash in 10.31 seconds and the 200m in 20.55 seconds. Animesh, who broke the national record in men’s 200m with a time of 20.40s at the Federation Cup last month, was followed by Vishal TK (21.06s) and Ragul Kumar G (21.10s). His season and personal best in the 100m dash is 10.27 seconds. His national record and season best in 200m is 20.40 seconds, which was clocked in April in Kochi. Lalu Prasad Bhoi (10.565s) and Dondapati Mrutyam Ja (10.569) followed Animesh to the podium. Olympians Vithya Ramraj and Rajesh Ramesh won the women’s 400m hurdles and men’s 400m races, respectively. Vithya Ramraj, who equalled PT Usha’s national record of 55.42s in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Asian Games in 2023, won the event in 57.45s. She finished second over the 200m distance in 23.72s behind Sneha K, who won it in 23.59s. Vithya Ramraj is also part of the Indian squad for the Asian Championships. (IANS)

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