• Hand-timed performances will not count [br]• Sports minister calls for moment chanceThe Olympic ambitions of two Indian sprinters are in jeopardy after a power failure at a weekend qualifying event prevented electronic timing,and their hand-timed performances – good enough to make the team for Rio de Janeiro – carry out not count.
Miya Kumar Mallick and Srabani Nanda recorded 10.09 seconds and 11.23 seconds in the men’s and women’s 100-metre races respectively at the Indian Grand Prix on Sunday, which bettered the qualifying standard of 10.16sec and 11.32sec.
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Source: theguardian.com