Top Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain bags two gold medals in Flanders Cup 2023 Athletics

Top Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain bags two gold medals in Flanders Cup 2023 Athletics

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Category : Sports Published on: June 07 2023

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  • Top Indian sprinter Amlan Borgohain bagged two gold medals, one each in the men's 100 and 200-meter races at the Flanders Cup 2023 athletics meet, known as the International Antwerp Athletics Gala, in Merksem, Belgium.
  • Borgohain clocked 10.70 seconds to emerge as the fastest man of the meet. He holds the 100-meter national record of 10.25 seconds.
  • In the 200 meter, the 25-year-old Borgohain clocked 20.96 seconds to emerge winner ahead of Hofman 21.42 and Jamaica's Samuel Rowe 21.88.
  • Jamaican athlete Aubrey Allen secured the silver medal in the men's 100m event with a timing of 10.80s. Victor Hofmans from Belgium finished third, clinching the bronze with a time of 11.01s.
  • The Flanders Cup, also known as the Internationaal Antwerps Athletics Gala, is a significant athletics meet that is categorized as a Category F event in the World Athletics calendar.
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