Guwahati: Renowned sprinter Amlan Borgohain ran the men’s 100 metres in 10.25 seconds at the Inter-Railway Athletics Championships in Rae Bareli, breaking the previous record.
Amlan reduced his previous 100-meter best time of 10.34 seconds by about 0.09 seconds. The young man from Assam beat the previous record of 10.26 seconds set by Amiya Kumar Mallick in 2016 by more than six years.
Through this incredible achievement, he was even able to surpass the previous record of 20.63 set in 2018 by Rio Olympian Muhammed Anas Yahiya.
Moreover, Borgohain, who trains at the Reliance High Performance Center in Odisha, is the holder of the male 200-meter national record. He had accomplished this accomplishment earlier this year while competing in the 25th National Federation Cup, finishing in 20.52 seconds.
Meanwhile, taking to twitter, the Northeast Frontier Railway wrote, “Sri Amlan Borgohain of N.F. Railway @RailMinIndia won the Gold medal in the 100m run in the 87 AIR Athletics championship being held at Raebareli. He also broke the National record by clocking 10.25sec (the earlier National record was 10.26sec in 2016).”