Sprinter Srabani Nanda becomes first Indian to return to competition post Covid-19 sabbatical

Others | Thursday | 23rd July, 2020

Sprinter and India’s hope in Tokyo Olympics Sarbani Nanda has become the first Indian athlete to return to competition since the coronavirus pandemic put a full stop on training and competition in March.

The 29-year-old, who is training at the MVP Track Club in Jamaica, ran in a meet in the country and managed a time of 11.78 seconds. The velocity Fest also featured some of the biggest starts from the country and Nanda’s event featured double Olympic sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.