Overview
- Animesh Kujur ran a lifetime best of 10.14 seconds in the 100m final at the PUMA Fast Arms Fast Legs meet in Wetzlar on Saturday, a mark confirmed as the fastest 100m by an Indian on foreign soil.
- He improved from a 10.19 in the heats to finish second in the final to U18 world champion Retshidisitswe Mlenga, who won in 10.03 seconds.
- Kujur already holds a place on India’s Commonwealth Games team for both the 100m and 200m and is scheduled to join the Indian athletes’ pre-Games camp in Spala, Poland before travelling to Glasgow.
- The run continues a season of rapid improvement in Indian sprinting after a series of national bests were exchanged at the Federation Cup in Ranchi, including Gurindervir Singh’s 10.09 national record set in May.
- A 200m national record holder at 20.32 seconds, Kujur now owns three of the five fastest 100m times by an Indian, a progression that boosts India’s relay prospects and gives him more international racing experience ahead of major championships.