S. Dhanalakshmi surprised host Kazakhstan’s former Asian Games champion Olga Safronova as she won the women’s 200m gold in a personal best 22.89s at the Qosanov international athletics meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour event, in Almaty on Sunday.
It was the third fastest time ever by an Indian, behind Saraswati Saha’s National record (22.82s) and Hima Das’ 22.88.
Meanwhile, Asian silver medallist Annu Rani took the women’s javelin throw gold with a good 62.29m effort while long jumper Ancy Sojan maintained her consistent run and pocketed the event with a 6.44m. Her last three jumps were all above 6.40m.
