Animesh Kujur wins gold in men's 200m with meet record timing at Inter-State Athletics Championships

Animesh Kujur also holds the national record in the event.

Animesh Kujur won gold in men’s 200m final at the 64th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2025 on Saturday, August 23. The event took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai.

He clocked 20.63 seconds to rewrite his own meet record of 20.65 seconds, set during the previous edition of the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships in Panchkula. Animesh also holds the national record of 20.32 seconds, which he registered during the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi earlier this year.

Local boy Ragul Kumar G won the silver medal with a time of 20.92 seconds, while Assam’s Amlan Borgohain clocked a time of 21.19 seconds to clinch the bronze medal in the men’s 200m final.

Eight players took the track on Saturday in the men’s 200m final at the 64th edition of the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships. Two each from Haryana and Odisha, while one athlete each from Tamil Nadu, Assam, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh qualified for the final.

Seven athletes started the race, while Sandeep Singh from Himachal Pradesh did not start the final.

The 64th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2025 is currently underway at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. The event commenced on 20th August and will conclude on Sunday, August 24.

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Men’s 200m final results at 64th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2025

• Animesh Kujur (Odisha) – 20.63s [Meet Record]
• Ragul Kumar G (Tamil Nadu) – 20.92s
• Amlan Borgohain (Assam) – 21.19s
• Shubham (Haryana) – 21.29s
• Ankit Kumar Kaswan (Rajasthan) – 21.30s
• Dondapati Mrutyum Jayaram (Odisha) – 21.41s
• Raja Babu (Haryana) – 21.75s
• Sandeep Singh (Himachal Pradesh) – DNS

Several other meet records were shattered in the earlier days of the competition. Here is the complete list of meet records broken so far:

• Ravina – 1:35:13.49 in Women’s 20km Race Walk
• Tamil Nadu – 44.73s in Women’s 4x100m Relay
• Karnataka B – 45.34s in Women’s 4x100m Relay
• Odisha F – 39.52s in Men’s 4x100m Relay
• Tamil Nadu – 39.80s in Men’s 4x100m Relay
• Baranica Elangovan – 4.10m in Women’s Pole Vault
• Vishal TK – 45.12s in Men’s 400m
• Tamil Arasu S – 10.22s in Men’s 100m
• Reegan G – 5.20m in Men’s Pole Vault
• M.Gowtham – 5.20m in Men’s Pole Vault

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