Summary:
Kozhikode, Apr 6 (PTI) Assam"s Amlan Borgohain scorched the track to set a new men"s 200m national record by clocking 20.52 seconds on a rain-hit final day of the 25th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships here on Wednesday.
Avinash Sable, known for excelling in the steeplechase, rewrote the men"s 5000m meet record with a fine effort over 13:39.43 that raised expectation that he could soon be claiming the national record standing in the name of Bahadur Prasad since 1992.
Kartik Kumar"s bid for the distance double came unstuck in the face of Sable"s run.
The 23-year-old Borgohain sank Muhammed Anas Yahiya"s existing mark of 20.63 seconds in a race that saw the top three finish inside 21 seconds.
However, it was only Borgohain who matched the Asian Games qualifying standard set by the Athletics Federation of India.
Having run successive sub-21-second races in September and March, he gave proof of his progress.