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Indian Open Relay Competition: Gurindervir, Animesh, Manikanta and Amlan smash 15-year national record in men's 4x100m
Manikanta Hoblidar, Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur and Amlan Borgohain react after smashing the men's 4x100m national record at the Indian Open Relay Competition in Chandigarh. Image credit: Athletics Federation of India
The quartet of Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar and Amlan Borgohain on Wednesday broke the 15-year national record in men's 4x100m relay, clocking 38.69 seconds during the Indian Open Relay Competition in Chandigarh.
They blazed the field to erase the previous mark of 38.89 seconds which was set during the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.
On that occasion, the team consisted of Rahamatulla Molla, Suresh Sathya, Shameer Mon and A. Qureshi had set a new national record.
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Gurindervir, Animesh, Manikanta & Amlan set a new 4x100m relay Indian record at 38.69s during the National Open Relay Carnival in Chandigarh.
They broke the 13-year-old 38.89s record from Delhi 2010.
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At Chandigarh's Sector 7 Sports Complex here, Tamil Nadu (39.83 seconds) and Army (41.40 seconds) came second and third respectively.
Men's Relay
4x100m relay: Reliance: 38.69 seconds (New National Record) (Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar, Amlan Borgohain); Tamil Nadu: 39.83 seconds (Tamil Arasu S, Manav R, Ragul Kumar G, Sam Vasanth S); Army: 41.40 seconds (Ankur, Akshu Sindhu, Vetrivelan A, V Gurjar) 4x400m relay: NCC (National Coaching Camp): 3:04.31 (Jay Kumar, Vishal TK, Manu TS, D Choudhary), NCC 2 (Santhosh T, Rince, Mohit Kumar, Tushar Manna) 3:04.92; Tamil Nadu: 3:10.67 Mitresh G, Akash Raj, Rahul Balaji S, Suraj A).
U20 4x100m relay: Reliance: 40.60 seconds (Mahendra Santa, Astik Pradhan, Abhay Singh, Pratik Maharana); Tamil Nadu 41.63 seconds (Santhosh P. Yagavaraj A, Varun Manohar, Tharun SM); Rajasthan 42.22 seconds (D Singh Shekhawat, R Kumar Bajiya, Sourabh Tak, Gourav Yadav).
U20 4x400m relay: Tamil Nadu: 3:12.12 (Vignesh V, Jerome Sanjay, Nakul Prahbu, Sharan M); NCOE Patiala 3:12.38 (Amit Kumar, Munna Kumar, Surya Kant, Gajendra Singh); Punjab 3:13.40 (Tarandeep Singh, Jashanpreet Singh, Harjot Singh, Harmandeep Singh).
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Women's Relay
4x100m relay: NCOE Trivandrum: 44.12 seconds, (Srabani Nanda, Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS, Nithya Gandhe); Tamil Nadu: 46.07 seconds (Nithya Ramraj, G Ravi Kumar, Angel Silvia M, Kiruthika A); Haryana: 49.68 seconds (Anshu, Priyanka, Shalenshi, Shubham).
4x400m relay: NCC: 3:32.64 (Sneha K, Rupal Chaudhary, Jisna Mathew, Subha Venkatesan); Tamil Nadu: 3:40.85 (Dhesikha V, N Mariea, Akshya Baskar, Vithya Ramraj); Uttar Pradesh: 3:56.70 (Kajal, Sushma Yadav, Manu Singh, Roopa).
U20 4x100m relay: Haryana: 51.83 seconds (Neha, Lakshita Maan, Saniya, Aayushi), Rajasthan 53.89 seconds (Kritika Rathore, Sonu Rawat, Poonam, Ankar Choudhary), Tamil Nadu 55.15 seconds (Suba Dharsini S, Varsha SS, Valliyamma M, B Baskar).
U20: 4x400m relay: Tamil Nadu 3:47.25 (S Chandra Kumar, Punitha Durairajan, Harshitha R, Mari M), IOCl: 3:47.93 (Nofisa Khatun, Mahi Nandal, Gunashya V, Roshani Yadav); Delhi: 3:52.04 (Riya Bisht, Harshika, Harshita Goswami, Astha Mallick).
Mixed relay
4x100m: Tamil Nadu: 43.44 seconds (Angel Silvia M, Vysali Ganesan, Tamil Arasu S, Gitson I); Odisha 43.61 seconds (Bonita Lakra, Manisha Merel, Abhinash Sahu, D Jayaram); Punjab: 44.36 seconds (Harleen Kaur, Sarabjeet Kaur, Harmanpreet Singh, Kulvir Ram).
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4x400m: NCC: 3:19.24 (Jay Kumar, Sneha K, Vishal TK, Rupal); Tamil Nadu: 3:24.46 (Rahul Balaji S, Dhesikha V, Suraj A, Vithya Ramraj); Reliance: 3:36.85 (Saswat Kumar, Ramandeep Kaur, Bhima Sardar, Sukhi Baskey).
U20 4x100m: Punjab: 45.29 seconds (Jaslin Saini, Lovejot Kaur, Varun Sharma, J Dhillon); Chandigarh: 48.28 seconds (Punya Handa, Anshika Sharma, Puneet, Gurbachan Singh); Rajasthan 49.65 seconds (Harsika, Neetu Choudhary, Nitesh Ghaswa, Dharmaraj).
U20 4x400m: Punjab: 3:32.21 (Tarandeep Singh, Saroj Rani, Harmandeep Singh, Supreet Kaur); Tamil Nadu 3:34.33 (Pragadeesh SK, S Senthil Kumar, Uwin Ananthan, S Chandrakumar).
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