The Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula erupted in joy as Kiran dipped below the qualifying mark in the semifinal of the event while Gulveer Singh improved the meet record in men's 5000m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Asian Games medalist Gulveer of Uttar Pradesh clocks 13:34.67 seconds in the men\u2019s 5,000m to improve his meet record of 13:43.23 set last year in Bhubaneswar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kiran ran a blistering pace to clock 50.92 seconds to better the Paris Olympic Games qualification time of 50.95 on the opening day of the event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
With Thursday\u2019s performance, Kiran has emerged as the second fastest Indian female 400m runner of all time. Hima Das holds the national record of 50.79 seconds clocked in 2018.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kiran is the first Indian female quarter-miler to have qualified for the Olympic Games after a gap of eight years since Nirmal Sheoran (Haryana) qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kiran was surprised to have clocked such a time in the semis on Thursday. The final scheduled for Friday will be an exciting event as Kiran plans to race faster than her semifinal time of 50.92 seconds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI will do better in the medal round,\u201d Kiran was quoted as saying in a post-race interaction. She had clocked 52.33 seconds in her preliminary round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kiran\u2019s flight to Paris has been a struggle and a lot of hard work. \u201cThat\u2019s all past. I\u2019m happy to achieve a good result today in Panchkula,\u201d Kiran explained.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI will do better in the medal round,\u201d Kiran was quoted as saying in a post-race interaction. She had clocked 52.33 seconds in her preliminary round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n