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Gold medal-winning hurdler Aliza is hard on herself
Updated On: 26 January, 2024 04:48 PM IST | Mumbai | SUNDARII IYER
Maharashtra’s Mulla says though winning a medal at Khelo India Youth Games was her dream, she expected to do better in 100m hurdles final in Chennai
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Aliza Mulla with the gold she won in 100m hurdles at the Khelo India Youth Games in Chennai. PIC/Aliza`s personal collection
Thane girl Aliza Mulla, 17, is unhappy with her timing despite winning gold for Maharashtra in the 100m hurdles at the 6th Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) at Chennai earlier this week. The teen athlete said that winning a medal at the KIYG was her dream, but she needs to improve on her timing for sure. In the 100m hurdles final, Maharashtra’s Aliza took 14.40s for the gold ahead of Kerala’s Antreesa M (14.48s) and Telangana’s Aerrolla PR (14.59). Mulla, a class 12 student of the VG Vaze Kelkar College of Arts, Science and Commerce (Mulund), explained that she expected better timing considering the participants were the same as they were at the Junior Nationals held at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu (November 6-10) and the School Games Federation of India (SGFI), held at Chandrapur in Maharashtra, in December (26-30).
“Winning a gold at the Khelo India Games was surely my dream and I should have been happy with the gold. But I am not satisfied with my performance as I feel my timing was not satisfactory. I could have done way better considering I had trained for it,” Aliza, who won a gold at SGFI with personal best timing of 14.17s and silver (14.40s) in the Jr Nationals in 100m hurdles, told www.mid-day.com.
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