8 July2022Tokyo Olympian SekarDhanalakshmi clocked her personal best time to win 200m gold at the QosanovMemorial Athletics Meet being held in Kazakstan. The Sprinter extraordinaire achieved a creditable sub-23 second timing in the event. Dhanalakshmi also clocked 22.89s which is better than her personal best time of 23.14s from last year.Kazakhstan's Olga Safronova finished second (23.21s) and Dutee Chand finished third clocking 23.60s.Earlier this month, Dhanalakshmi had won a gold in 200 m at the national Inter-State Championships held in Chennai with a timing of 23.27s.Unfortunately, Dhanalakshmi missed the automatic qualification mark of 22.80s for the World Championships, however she might make it through a world ranking quota. The world championship is slated to be held between July 15 and July 24 in Oregon, US, the deadline for qualification of which ends on Sunday (midnight).Dhanalakshmi has now become the Third Indian Woman to run sub-23s after national record holder SaraswatiSaha (22.82s) and Hima Das (22.88s) in the 200m event. She crossed Dutee Chand's record of 23.60s. IN FOCUSDHANALAKSHMI BECOMES THIRD FASTEST INDIAN WOMEN IN 200M; WINS GOLD AT QOSANOV MEMORIAL ATHLETICS MEETIN FOCUSDHANALAKSHMI HAS NOW BECOME THE THIRD INDIAN WOMAN TO RUN SUB-23S AFTER NATIONAL RECORD HOLDER SARASWATISAHA (22.82S) AND HIMA DAS (22.88S) IN THE 200M EVENT
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