20-year-old clocks 20.74s; Sinchal claims 400m hurdles gold
BENGALURU: Getting his career back on track after dengue put him out of action for weeks, Odisha's Animesh Kujur lowered the meet record in men's 200m clocking 20.74 seconds on the penultimate day at the National Open Athletics Championships here on Saturday. For the 20-year-old, who trains at the Reliance Foundation Odisha Athletics HPC, the new time at the Sree Kanteerava stadium was better than his personal best of 20.93s set in Ranchi in May. Earlier in the season, Kujur had won the silver medal in the Federation Cup.