Sprinter and Tokyo Olympics hopeful Srabani Nanda has become the initially Indian athlete to return to levels of competition given that the coronavirus pandemic set a complete stop on education and competitions in March.
COVID-19 will not cease Srabani Nanda
The 29-calendar year-previous, who is education at the MVP Track Club in Jamaica, ran in a meet up with in the region and managed a time of 11.78 seconds. The Velocity Fest also highlighted some of the biggest stars from the state and Nanda’s function showcased double Olympic dash winner Elaine Thompson Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
The qualifying common for the women’s 100m function is 11.15 seconds but it would not have mattered if Nanda had managed to surpass that time anyhow as Entire world Athletics has suspended Olympic Qualification tournaments until November 2020.
Thompson was the winner in the 100m party, clocking 11.19 seconds whilst Fraser-Pryce received the women’s 200m celebration with a time of 22.74 seconds. 2011 Entire world Championships gold medallist Yohan Blake won the men’s 200m occasion with a time of 20.62 seconds.
Nanda first broke into the global scene in 2008, successful a crew gold medal in the 4×100 metres relay at the Commonwealth Youth Online games in Pune. She represented India at the Rio 2016 Olympics as properly, finishing sixth in her warmth.
