Dhanalakshmi Sekar becomes third fastest Indian woman to run in 200m event

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Category : Sports Published on: June 29 2022

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Dhanalakshmi Sekar has become the third Indian woman to run sub-23s after national record holder Saraswati Saha (22.82s) and Hima Das (22.88s) in the 200m event.
She surpassed Dutee Chand’s record of 23.60s.
Tokyo Olympian Dhanalakshmi Sekar ran her personal best time to win 200m gold at the Qosanov Memorial Athletics Meet, Kazakhstan.
She clocked 22.89s which is better than her personal best of 23.14s made last year.
Olga Safronova of Kazakhstan stood second (23.21s) while Dutee Chand clocked 23.60s to finish third.

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Dhanalakshmi Sekar becomes third fastest Indian woman to run in 200m event