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Four more Indians qualify for Rio Olympics

Published On : 26 Jun 2016


New Delhi (DDNEWS); It was a good day for Indian athletes. After Dutee Chand's qualification on Saturday, four more Indians have qualified for the Olympics in their respective events.

Ankit Sharma on Sunday qualified for Olympics in men's long jump after meeting qualification mark in Kazakhstan.

Ankit, the national record holder qualified for the event with a jump of 8.17 metres.

Srabani Nanda also simultaneously booked her seat for Rio 2016 as well.

The ace sprinter qualified for the women's 200 meter event by covering the distance in 23.03 seconds in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

In Archery, Atanu Das qualifies for Rio Olympics in the men's individual recurve event.

The 24-year-old beat Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia to advance to the summer games.

Mohammad Anas has qualified for the upcoming Rio Olympics by shattering the men's 400-metre national record on the second day of Polish Athletics Championship.

The 21-year-old from Kerala clocked 45.40 seconds, the exact Rio qualification timing, to become the 21st Indian track and field athlete to qualify for the upcoming Games.







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