Tintu Luka wins athletics medal
Q. Which Indian track and field athlete won the silver medal in the Josef Odlozil Memorial Athletics Meet in Prague, Czech Republic?- Published on 09 Jun 16a. Tintu Mitra
b. Tintu Luka
c. Tintu Kom
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Tintu Luka
To win the medal, she covered the distance with her season's best timing of 2:00.61 (2 minutes point Six One seconds).
- The reigning Asian champion was second behind 2013 World Youth Championship gold winner Anita Hinriksdottir of Iceland who ran the distance in 2:00.54 (2 minutes point five four seconds).
- 27-year-old Luka is still a long way to go as she is placed at 30th spot among the season's top list.
- Former world champion and London Olympics silver medallist Caster Semenya of South Africa is leading with 1:56.64 (1 minute, 56.six Four seconds).
- Semenya is followed by world indoor champion Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi with 1:56.92 (1 minute, 56.92 seconds) and Renelle Lamote of France with 1:58.01 (1 minute, 58.01 second).
- The Kerala runner, Luka holds the national record of 1:59.17 (1 minute, 59.17 second) which she did way back in 2010 at Continental Cup, Croatia.
