Annu Rani and Animesh shine to bag gold medals

SPRINTER Animesh Kujur stormed to victory in record time while javelin ace Annu Rani maintained her improved run with a golden performance on Day 4 of the 64th National Inter-state Senior Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, here on Saturday.

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Kujur, the National Record holder, added to his reputation with a record run. He stopped the clock at a timing of 20.63 seconds, a mark that was marginally better than the previous meet record — 20.65s — set by him last year.

But it was Rani who dominated the proceedings first with a couple of throws over 60 metres in the women's javelin final. The Hangzhou Asian Games gold medallist began with a throw of 61.05 metres, followed by two sub-60m efforts. She then finished with a 60.14m effort.