Athletes Anas, Srabani, Ankit qualify for Rio Olympics

New Delhi, June 26: Quarter-miler Mohd. Anas, women's 200 metres specialist Srabani Nanda and long jumper Ankit Sharma have secured berths in their respective pet events for Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Late on Saturday night, Mohd. Anas clocked 45.40 seconds (45.40s Olympics qualification) to qualify for the Rio Games. In the process, he also smashed his own national record of 45.44s in the men's 400m at Poland National Athletics Championships at Bydgoszcz, Poland, according to Athletics Federation of India.

In Almaty on Sunday, the 2016 Federation Cup champion in 200m, 24-year-old Srabani from Odisha clocked 23.07 seconds to realise her Rio dreams in the 200 metres. The qualifying mark for 2016 Olympics in women's 200m is 23.20s.

Long jumper Ankit smashed the existing national record with his best effort of 8.19 metres which ensured his passage to Rio at Almaty.