Savita elated on winning maiden senior women s 10,000m gold
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Navneet Singh ( IANS) |
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Mon, Mar 15 2021 20:18 IST |
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Savita elated on winning maiden senior women s 10,000m gold. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, March 15 : Uttar Pradesh s Savita Pal was buoyant on winning her maiden senior women s 10,000 metres race at the Senior National Federation Cup athletics in Patiala on Monday.
The 21-year-old athlete clocked 33 minutes 59.35 seconds to win the race, but her performance was nearly 3.5 minutes slower than the Tokyo Olympic Games qualification time of 31 minutes 25 seconds.
Expressing her satisfaction on winning her first 10,000m track race, Savita said she could have done better, but couldn t train hard due to pandemic.