India, Aug. 8 -- These are interesting times for Indian sprinters. Over the past few months, a bunch of local talents, Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh in particular, have provided a rare spectacle of speed and explosive power with the 100m and 200m national records being bettered in quick succession.

While the focus has rightly been on Kujur and the exciting 4x100m men's relay squad - Kujur, Singh, Manikanta Hoblidhar, and Amlan Borgohain reset the national mark (38.69s) this July - a minor but significant development went under the radar. Siddhant Kumar, an 18-year-old Indian student in the USA, clocked 10.36s in 100m and 46.85s in 400m in a space of three months to show early signs of what's to come. Last year, Kumar ran an impress...