Animesh Kujur (L) finished fourth in the U-23 200m Sprint in Monaco Diamond League. The race was won with bottom (in red). (Figure: x) Indian athletes had mixed wealth in Monaco Diamond League, while Steeplechaser Avinash Sable did not finish its 3000m race after the fall, while Sprinter Animesh Kujur impressed the fourth place in the U-23 200m events on Friday evening.Sable, the National Record holder and the Olympian, had to leave the race soon after he suffered a visible injury from the fall. The thirty -year -old Asian champion focused on the top five, but he had to limp from the track.Morocco Soufane El Bakkali won 3000m Steeplechase with a time of 8: 01.18 seconds, followed by Japanese Ryji Miura at 8: 03.43 and Keni’s Edmund Serim in 8: 04.00 seconds in 19-Runner field.Although she qualified for the World Championship in Tokyo in September, Sable tried to find his best form this year, with the 13th and eighth place in his previous Diamond League performances.On the other hand, 22 -year -old Kujur brought a strong performance at the 200 m event up to 23 years and clutched 20.55 seconds against elite competition. Australian DNA Gout won the race at 20.10 s, while Botswana’s Busang Collen Kebinathshipti and South African Nae Jack finished second and third times 20.28s and 20.42s.Kujur, who comes from the tribal village in the JASHPUR district in Chhattisgarh, produces waves in Indian athletics. Currently it holds the national record in 200 m in 20.32 s.The growing Sprint Star has recently interrupted the National 100 meters record with 10.18 s on the International Dromia Sprint in Greece and broke the previous Gurindervir Singh record.At the beginning of this season, Kujur also reached the fastest 200 meters with an Indian and clocked 20.27s in Geneva.Kujur focused on achieving the qualifying stamps of the World Championship for Tokyo this September and its aim is to break the 10 -second barrier per 100m event.
