Bengaluru, Oct 11 (PTI) Manikanta Hoblidhar of Services created a new men's 100m national record on the opening day of the National Open Athletics Championships here on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Manikanta clocked 10.23 seconds to win heat number 3 and qualify for the final.  National Games of India 2023 Start Date: Goa CM Pramod Sawant Inaugurates Torch Relay for 37th National Games.

He erased the earlier national record of 10.26 seconds which was in the name of Amiya Kumar Mallick of Odisha set in 2016.

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