LUCKNOW, April 25 -- Winning back-to-back gold medals in the national championships after staying away from athletics tracks for almost one-and-a-half years due to injury has been a big confidence booster for young sprinter Rupal Chaudhary.
Having already qualified for the Asian Athletics Championship in May in South Africa and the World University Games in July at Berlin in Germany, Meerut's Chaudhary clocked 52.55 seconds to win the gold in the women's 400m run during the National Federation Senior Athletics Championship at Kochi on Tuesday.
The performance wasn't a flash in the pan as she had clinched gold at the 6th Indian Open 400m event at Thiruvananthapuram this March.
"It's something very inspirational when you restart after a lo...