Nirmala Sheoran qualifies for Rio in 400m sprint
Nirmala Sheoran has become the first Indian to qualify for the women's 400-metre race at the Rio Olympics by clocking a time of 51:48 seconds at the 56th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships on Friday. She also broke her previous personal best of 52.35 seconds. With this qualification, the Indian contingent for Rio Olympics now features 104 participants.