21-year-old Manikanta HH becomes India's fastest man, runs 100m in 10.23 seconds

Services' 21-year-old sprinter Manikanta HH became India's fastest man by running 100 metres in 10.23 seconds at 62nd National Open Athletics Championships in Karnataka. The previous record (10.26 seconds) was set by Odisha's Amiya Kumar Mallick in 2016. Assam's Amlan Borgohain ran 100 metres in 10.25 seconds in 2022, but it was reportedly not ratified by Athletics Federation of India.