Sports World News of Saturday, 13 August 2016Source: indianexpress.comIndia runner, Sriram Singh begs athletes to break his 40-year-old recordSriram Singh at home in Jaipur. But in the Montreal humidity, the first tactical push, at the 800m final in the 1976 Olympics, would come from an Indian runner in lane No. Within the next two minutes, Sriram Singh Shekhawat, while fizzling out in the home-stretch of this final, would end up with a national record that has so far lasted for 40 years. Singh’s 1:45.77s is still the Indian national record in the 800m, making it the longest standing in the country. As for Jinson Johnson, the 64-year-old believes the Kerala athlete won’t get a better chance to break the record.

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