Kiran Pahal secures Olympic berth in women's 400m

Kiran Pahal from Haryana secured her spot at the Paris Olympics by achieving a time of 50.92 seconds in the women's 400m semifinal at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Panchkula on Thursday. The qualifying standard for the event was set at 50.95 seconds, which Pahal successfully surpassed. With this performance, Pahal not only recorded her season's best timing but also became the second Indian woman to complete the race in under 51 seconds.
Kiran Pahal secures Olympic berth in women's 400m
Kiran Pahal. (AFI Photo)
NEW DELHI: Kiran Pahal from Haryana secured her spot at the Paris Olympics by achieving a time of 50.92 seconds in the women's 400m semifinal at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Panchkula on Thursday.
The qualifying standard for the event was set at 50.95 seconds, which Pahal successfully surpassed.
With this performance, Pahal not only recorded her season's best timing but also became the second Indian woman to complete the race in under 51 seconds.


In the semifinal, Pahal finished well ahead of her competitors, with Devy Aniba Zala of Gujarat taking a distant second place with a time of 53.44 seconds, followed by Kerala's Sneha K, who clocked 53.51 seconds to secure the third position.
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