Chennai, Aug. 23 -- Indian national record holders Annu Rani (women's javelin throw) and Animesh Kujur (men's 200 m) secured impressive wins at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships on Friday.

Rani generated the best throw of 61.05 m on her first attempt, backing it up with two more 60-m plus throws. Completing the podium were Deepika (57.19m) and Karishma Sanil (51.30m), respectively, as per Olympics.com.

Annu has enjoyed a little bit of resurgance in the ongoing season, breaching the 60 m mark for the first time in over a year and winning the competition in Poland with her best throw in two years, 62.59 m. Annu, who is also the current Asian Games champion, registered 62.01 m to land the Indian Open title in August....