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Annu Rani and Animesh shine to bag gold medals
The Morning Standard
|August 24, 2025
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 Interstate Senior Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, here on Saturday.
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. 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 medal-list began with a throw of 61.05 metres, followed by two sub-60m efforts. She then finished with a 60.14m effort. However, no Indian is yet to qualify for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo via the direct qualification mark in the ongoing championships so far.
This story is from the August 24, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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