Indian quarter-miler Nirmala Sheoran made the cut for next month's
Rio Olympics after clocking 51.48 secs in 400m at the National
Inter-State Senior Athletics championships on Friday July 01,2016
Nirmala became the 24th track and field athlete from India to qualify for the Rio Olympics after she surpassed the Olympic qualification mark of 52.20 secs.
Nirmala had revealed her Rio ambitions when she improved her previous best by a huge margin clocking 52.35 secs during Friday's 400m heats at GMC Balayogi Stadium.
The Haryana quarter-miler today ran the race of her life as she led right from start to finish and recorded a personal best of 51.48 secs, a time that put her on the Rio bus and erased the previous meet mark of 51.73 secs held by M R Poovamma since 2014.
Nirmala became the 24th track and field athlete from India to qualify for the Rio Olympics after she surpassed the Olympic qualification mark of 52.20 secs.
Nirmala had revealed her Rio ambitions when she improved her previous best by a huge margin clocking 52.35 secs during Friday's 400m heats at GMC Balayogi Stadium.
The Haryana quarter-miler today ran the race of her life as she led right from start to finish and recorded a personal best of 51.48 secs, a time that put her on the Rio bus and erased the previous meet mark of 51.73 secs held by M R Poovamma since 2014.
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