Hyderabad (Telangana): Indian quarter-miler Nirmala Sheoran made the cut for next month's Rio Olympics after clocking 51.48 secs in 400m at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics championships here today.

Nirmala had revealed her Rio ambitions when she improved her previous best by a huge margin clocking 52.35 secs during yesterday's 400m heats at GMC Balayogi Stadium.