Bhubaneswar: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has nominated ace woman sprinter from Odisha, Anuradha Biswal as a member of the Talent Identification Committee for the East Zone (Athletics) of the Khelo India Identification Programme, an initiative of the Ministr
y of Youth Affairs and Sports.
The committee will identify grassroot talent by using appropriate methods and non-competitions and ensure the updation of the database on the National Sports Repository System (NSRS) as well as create the ranking of the athletes.
The 46-year-old athlete holds the current national record of 13.38 seconds for 100-metre hurdles during the DDA-Raja Bhalendra Singh National Circuit meet held at the Nehru Stadium in Delhi in August 2002.
She had also won a bronze medal in the Asian championships in Jakarta in July 2000 and a gold in the South Asian Games in Colombo in 2006.
Anuradha is presently working with NALCO in Bhubaneswar.