Tumkur(Karnataka), April 24 -- Spotlight was on fastest male and female athletes on day-one of the 24th National Junior (U20) AthleticsFederation Competition at Tumkur's Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Karnataka on Friday.
Abhay Singh representing Reliance raced to victory in the men's 100m dash. His winning time of 10.41 seconds was better than Asian junior qualification time of 10.46 seconds and meet record of 10.47 seconds set by Gurindervir Singh in 2018.
Nipam of Uttar Pradesh was also impressive in the women's 100m. She won gold with comfortable ease. Her winning time of 11.53 seconds was better than the previous junior national record of 11.54 secs set by Abhinaya Rajarajan last year in Kochi.
On her way to gold, Nipam also improved the...