'The mistakes I made, I won't make again': Animesh Kujur ready for Asian Games

By the time Animesh Kujur lined up for the 200m at the Indian Athletics Series Final at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi last week, the instruction from his coach was fairly simple: don't chase the clock.It was getting late. The priority was to stay injury-free, execute the bend and finish the race.Kujur won in 20.59 seconds after winning the 100m in 10.21 seconds. Gurindervir Singh, India's 100m national record holder, was second in 10.32.The meeting was the final domestic stop before the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya. For Kujur, the two victories were less about producing another headline time than getting through the evening and into the final phase of his preparation.“The coach said that the time is getting late, so just stay injury-free. Don't push too much. Just try to come first,” Kujur told TimesofIndia.com after the race. “Just try to execute the curve. That's it.