Mohammad Anas

Mohammad Anas
Personal information
Born (1994-09-17) 17 September 1994
Nilamel, Kerala, India
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 12 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country  India
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 400 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 400m: 45.40s (Bydgoszcz 2016)

Mohammad Anas Yahiya (born 17 September 1994) is an Indian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres event. He has qualified for two events at the 2016 Summer Olympics: the 400 metres and the 4 × 400 m relay.

Anas broke the national record in 400 metres at the Polish Athletics Championship in Poland in June 2016, clocking 45.40 seconds, the exact qualification mark for the Olympics.[1] He thus became the third Indian athlete to qualify for the event at the Olympics, after Milkha Singh (1956 and 1960) and K. M. Binu (2004).[2]

In July 2016, Anas was part of the relay team that broke the national 4 × 400 metres relay at Bangalore and qualified for the Olympics. The quartet of Anas, Kunhu Mohammed, Ayyasamy Dharun and Arokia Rajiv clocked 3:00:91, rewriting the national record of 3:02.17 set by themselves four weeks earlier in Turkey. The performance also helped the relay team jump to 13th place in the world rankings.[3]

References

  1. Prasad, Vishnu (26 July 2016). "Mohammed Anas looks to fulfil his father's dreams". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  2. "Navy man from Kerala qualifies for Olympics". The New Indian Express. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. "India's 4x400m relay teams qualify for Rio Olympics". Rediff. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
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