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Indian sprinter breaks record at National Indoor Athletics Championships
The athlete from Punjab covered the 60-metre distance in 6.60 seconds
The National Indoor Athletics Championships took place in the city of Bhubaneswar. A new national record was set in the men’s 60-metre event, as reported by ANI, a partner of TV BRICS.
The gold medal in this event was won by 25-year-old Gurindervir Singh from the state of Punjab, who clocked a time of 6.60 seconds in the final. He thus broke the national record, which had stood since 2018 at 6.67 seconds. This result is currently awaiting official confirmation from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
Meanwhile, in the women’s 400-metre event, Saloni Nagar Kumari clocked a time of 53.73 seconds, breaking the indoor record of 53.89 seconds that had stood since 2005.
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