varanasi athlete anjali devi working as an office superintendent in banaras locomotive works blw completed the 400 meters race in 5148 seconds in the 62nd national inter state senior athletics championship held in bhubaneswar her victory has secured her a place in the indian contingent for the upcoming asian games to be held in hangzhou china from september 23 to october 8her outstanding performance was nearly oneandahalf seconds faster than the asian games qualifying time of 5296 seconds this achievement is a matter of pride not only for blw but for the whole countryexpressing happiness the blw general manager basudev panda extended best wishes to devi for her performance in the upcoming games the president of blw sports association sk srivastava general secretary sunil kumar senior deputy general manager vijay and sports officer bahadur prasad also expressed happiness and congratulated her for this feat