Indian quarter miler Nirmala Sheoran qualifies in the Rio Olympics
Q. Indian quarter miler ____________ made the cut for the next month’s Rio Olympics after clocking 51.48 seconds in 400m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships- Published on 04 Jul 16a. Miriam Sheoran
b. Nirmala Sheoran
c. Nirmala Singh
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Nirmala Sheoran
Indian quarter miler Nirmala Sheoran made the cut for next month’s Rio Olympics after clocking 51.48 seconds in 400m in the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships
- Nirmala improved her previous best by a huge margin
- Nirmala became the 24th track and field athlete to qualify for the Rio Olympics after she surpassed the Olympic qualification mark of 52.20 secs
- PT Usha trainee Jisna Mathew and TN’s PN Souwndharya took the other medals of the day