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Rio Olympics: List Of FOUR Qualified Indians




On Sunday, four Indians qualified for the Rio Olympics beginning 5th of August.

In Track and Field, Mohammad Anas in 400-meters, Srabani Nanda in 200-metres and Ankit Sharma in Long Jump made the cut, while Atanu Das sealed a berth at the games in Archery.

Mohammad Anas shattered his own 400-metre national record at the Polish Athletics Championship to qualify.

He clocked 45.40 seconds, the exact Rio qualification timing.

Over at the international meet in Kazakhstan, Sprinter Srabani Nanda made the cut after covering 200-meter event in 23.03 seconds.

In the field event, national long jump record holder Ankit Sharma qualified with a jump of 8.17 metres.

Archer Atanu Das has made it to the Games after selection trial at Bengaluru.

The archer will represent India in the Men’s Individual Recurve event.

He got the better of his compatriots Jayanta Talukdar and Mangal Singh Champia for the spot.