Son of a Haryana farmer Parvej Khan has proven his mettle by profitable the Gold medal at the SEC championships on May 11. Parvej clinched the yellow metallic within the 1500m race with a timing of 3:42.73s in Louisiana.
The 19-year-old Indian was superior to his rivals and made a late cost from behind to take the pole place within the last 100m of the 1500m race and profitable by an enormous margin in the long run. He had earlier topped the heats too and was a unique beast altogether.Â
Parvej additionally bagged a Bronze medal within the 800m race after this. The Indian sprinter later opened up about his run. “1500m was easy for me. I did not give my 100 per cent in that race because I had 800m just after that. I was going at a comfort pace and only pushed in the final 200,” he advised media after the race.
The sprinter was seen making gestures to the group in his dominant run however mentioned it was simply to ‘hype’ the group. “I did it for the crowd, to hype up the crowd, my intention was not bad towards my rivals, I really respect my competitors. I am not disrespecting them, I just did it for my home crowd,” he added.
Parvej desires characteristic within the Olympics however really feel the Paris Games is likely to be a bit too quickly for him to make a late entry. “Ya, representing India in the Paris Olympics is in my mind but you know it is very hard to qualify at 3:33, and that is very hard. I am working hard every day and executing my plans, hopefully, one day I will be in the Olympics standards,” the 19-year-old added.
Notably, Parvej can also be a Gold medalist within the National Games and holds the document for being the primary Indian to qualify for a monitor occasion’s last within the NCAA Championships. He was representing the University of Florida as he obtained a scholarship there final yr.Â
