GUWAHATI: Assam-based sprinter Amlan Borgohain broke the national record in men's 100 metres sprint with a record time of 10.25 seconds.
The 24-year-old broke the 6-year-old record at the All India Inter Railways Athletics Championships in Raebareli on August 29.
The last record was set by Amiya Kumar Mallick more than six years back in 2016.
"Sri Amlan Borgohain of NF Railway @RailMinIndia won the Gold medal in the 100m run in the 87 AIR Athletics championship being held at Raebareli. He also broke the National record by clocking 10.25sec (the earlier National record was 10.26 seconds in 2016)," tweeted Northeast Frontier Railway.
The Assam-born beat his previous record of 10.34 seconds by almost 0.09 seconds.
Earlier this year at the Federation Cup, the 24-year-old had clocked 20.52 seconds to set a new national record in the men’s 200 metres.
Amlan started his sports career with football and has always wanted to play with Ronaldo, the star footballer who is a leading goal scorer with Manchester United but he had to switch to running because of his injuries. He still takes inspiration from Ronaldo and Indian Football Captain Sunil Chettri to work on his physical fitness.
Sri Amlan Borgohain of N.F. Railway @RailMinIndia won the Gold medal in the 100m run in the 87 AIR Athletics championship being held at Raebareli. He also broke the National record by clocking 10.25sec (the earlier National record was 10.26sec in 2016) #NationalSportsDay2022 pic.twitter.com/2mFvWZVRHe
— Northeast Frontier Railway (@RailNf) August 29, 2022
