Bhubaneswar, June 27 -- Sprinters Unnathi Aiyappa and Amiya Kumar Mallick shared their thoughts on relay performance and preparations after the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships, where 13 athletes breached the Asian Games qualification mark and six triple jumpers also secured qualification on the third day of competition.

Athlete Unnathi Aiyappa, who competes in the 100m and 200m sprint events and hails from Karnataka, reflected on her performance in the 4x100m women's relay and highlighted the importance of baton exchanges.

"I'm a 100-meter and 200-meter sprinter. I'm from Karnataka, and we just finished the 4*100 girls relay...we were very confident with our team because it was a pretty good team. We just needed...