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Title - Merlin shatters women's 13-year-old 100m national recordPosted by : railgenie on Sep 09, 2013 - 15:56:14 PM |
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RANCHI: Railway sprinter Merlin K Joseph smashed the 13-year-old national record in women's 100m race in the semifinals but could manage only a bronze in the finals on the second day of the 53rd National Open Athletics Championships.Merlin clocked 11.35secs to win the semifinals heat number three as she bettered the earlier national record of 11.38secs in the name of Rachita Mistry set in 2000 in Trivandrum. |