Star sprinter Hima Das injured

PATIALA: Star sprinter Hima Das on Saturday suffered an injury scare after sustaining a muscle pull during the 100m heats at the ongoing National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Patiala.

However, the severity of her injury could not be ascertained.

"We hope Hima Das recovers ASAP after muscle pull during 100m heats this morning at Inter-State meet," the Athletics Federation said on Twitter.

Hima, who is yet to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, did complete the race and finished third in heat 3 with a timing of 12.01 seconds.

Tamil Nadu's S Dhanalakshmi won the 100m dash while national record holder Dutee Chand finished fourth. Dhanalakshmi emerged as the fastest woman of the tournament, clocking 11.52 seconds, ahead of Sri Lanka's Amasha de Silva (11.59) and Archana Suseendran (11.60) of Tamil Nadu.

Gurindervir Singh of Punjab emerged as the fastest man in the championships as he won the 100m final with a time of 10.27 seconds, a mere one-hundredth of a second below the national record of 10.26 which stands in the name of Odisha's Amiya Kumar Mallick, who finished third (10.49) on Saturday.

Love Preet Singh (10.47), also from Punjab, took the silver. The Olympic qualifying mark in men's 100m is 10.05 seconds.

National record holder high jumper Tejaswin Shankar's bid for an Olympic quota ended in disappointment as he could clear only 2.20m though he won the gold at the Punjabi Univerisity grounds. Agencies

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