India’s Animesh Kujur set a new national record in the men’s 100m with a time of 10.18 seconds at the Dromia International Sprint and Relays Meeting 2025 in Greece, winning Final B and subsequently becoming the first Indian to run the 100m in under 10.2 seconds.In Final B at the Municipal Stadium of Vari K Baglatzis, Kujur outpaced Greek athlete Sotirios Garagganis, who clocked 10.23 seconds and Finland’s Samuli Samuelsson, who finished at 10.28 seconds.In the overall standings, Kujur secured third place behind South Africa’s Benjamin Richardson (10.01) and Oman’s Ali Anwar Al-Balushi (10.12).Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!The 22-year-old’s performance broke the previous national record of 10.20 seconds set by Gurindervir Singh at the Indian Grand Prix 1 in Bengaluru. Kujur also improved his personal best by 0.9 seconds from his previous mark of 10.27 seconds.Kujur holds another national record in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.32 seconds, which earned him bronze at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, Republic of Korea.
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The athlete was also part of the record-setting Indian men’s 4x100m team at the National Relay Carnival 2025, where they clocked 38.69 seconds in Chandigarh.ALSO READ: Animesh Kujur: From suffering heatstrokes to breaking records and is India’s ‘Usain Bolt’In the men’s 100m Final A, Indian runners Lalu Bhoi and Mrutyam Jayaram Dondapati finished fourth and fifth with times of 10.42 and 10.47, respectively.Kujur participated in the men’s 200m race in Greece, finishing seventh with a time of 20.73 seconds. His teammate Manikanta Hoblidhar placed 11th, clocking 21.28 seconds.The Indian 4x100m relay team, comprising Kujur, Bhoi, Dondapati, and Singh, finished second to Turkiye with a time of 39.99 seconds.In the women’s events, Moumita Mondal achieved a personal best of 13.24 seconds in the 100m hurdles victory. The current national record in this event is held by Jyothi Yarraji at 12.78 seconds.
