Main competitors: Sneha says she is specializing in subsequent yr’s Asian Games.
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Having tasted worldwide success final month, it was straightforward pickings for S.S. Sneha at the Karnataka State Senior athletic meet right here on Sunday.
The sprinter, a 4x100m relay silver medallist at the Asian Athletics Championship, outclassed the competitors at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, successful the 100m occasion (11.52s).
The 27-year-old acknowledged that the feeling of actual competitors creeps in throughout worldwide races.
“There just isn’t that a lot competitors right here in State-level tournaments, so there isn’t any particular mindset when I run right here,” Sneha instructed The Hindu.
“I don’t have the identical degree of mindset at the State degree when in comparison with worldwide occasions. At worldwide tournaments, I have the mindset of a tiger as a result of I have the ‘India’ badge throughout my jersey,” Sneha mentioned.
She at present holds the joint meet document for the girls’s 100m at 11.3s, set throughout the 2024 Karnataka State Senior athletic meet.
When requested if she believes that her document is secure, she mentioned: “No one’s document is everlasting. Youngsters coming in will simply beat the document in the event that they do properly in observe and if their mindset is nice. Maybe subsequent yr I would possibly break my very own document.”
Sneha acknowledged that the predominant focus now shifts to the 2026 Asian Games, which shall be held in Japan.
“The Asian Games subsequent yr is the predominant competitors I’m specializing in. I’m not at my peak but. For now, I’m simply sustaining good type and giving every race my most,” she mentioned.
Published – June 23, 2025 07:04 pm IST