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    Asian Championships: Sprinter Animesh shatters national record to bag men''s 200m bronze

    The 21-year-old clocked 20.32s to better his own national record of 20.40 to claim the final spot on the podium.

    Asian Championships: Sprinter Animesh shatters national record to bag mens 200m bronze
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    GUMI ( SOUTH KOREA ); India's Animesh Kujur shattered the national record to bag the bronze medal in the men's 200m final at the 26th Asian Athletics Championships here on Saturday.

    The 21-year-old clocked 20.32s to better his own national record of 20.40 to claim the final spot on the podium.

    Japan's Towa Uzawa clinched the gold medal with a timing of 20.12 while Saudi Arabia's Abdulaziz Abdu I Atafi (20.31) took home the silver.

    Kujur's bronze takes India's medal tally to 19, including eight gold.

    PTI
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