India's fastest man! Kujur shatters national record in 100m, becomes first Indian to ...

India's Animesh Kujur acceptable a caller nationalist grounds successful the men's 100m with a clip of 10.18 seconds astatine the Dromia International Sprint and Relays Meeting 2025 successful Greece, winning Final B and subsequently becoming the archetypal Indian to tally the 100m successful nether 10.2 seconds.In Final B astatine the Municipal Stadium of Vari K Baglatzis, Kujur outpaced Greek jock Sotirios Garagganis, who clocked 10.23 seconds and Finland's Samuli Samuelsson, who finished astatine 10.28 seconds.In the wide standings, Kujur secured 3rd spot down South Africa's Benjamin Richardson (10.01) and Oman's Ali Anwar Al-Balushi (10.12).Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 22-year-old's show broke the erstwhile nationalist grounds of 10.20 seconds acceptable by Gurindervir Singh astatine the Indian Grand Prix 1 successful Bengaluru.

Kujur besides improved his idiosyncratic champion by 0.9 seconds from his erstwhile people of 10.27 seconds.

Kujur holds different nationalist grounds successful the men's 200m with a clip of 20.32 seconds, which earned him bronze astatine the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships successful Gumi, Republic of Korea.

The jock was besides portion of the record-setting Indian men's 4x100m squad astatine the National Relay Carnival 2025, wherever they clocked 38.69 seconds successful Chandigarh.

ALSO READ: Animesh Kujur: From suffering heatstrokes to breaking records and is India's 'Usain Bolt'In the men's 100m Final A, Indian runners Lalu Bhoi and Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati finished 4th and 5th with times of 10.42 and 10.47, respectively.Kujur participated successful the men's 200m contention successful Greece, finishing seventh with a clip of 20.73 seconds. His teammate Manikanta Hoblidhar placed 11th, clocking 21.28 seconds.The Indian 4x100m relay team, comprising Kujur, Bhoi, Dondapati, and Singh, finished 2nd to Turkiye with a clip of 39.99 seconds.In the women's events, Moumita Mondal achieved a idiosyncratic champion of 13.24 seconds successful the 100m hurdles victory. The existent nationalist grounds successful this lawsuit is held by Jyothi Yarraji astatine 12.78 seconds.