India’s long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary set a new national record in the women’s 5,000m event at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level meet in France.
She clocked a time of 15:04.26s at the Meeting Nikaïa and improved her own record by a massive 6 seconds, finishing second to Seniya Bereka of Ethiopia (15:03.85s).
The 31-year-old Indian, however, missed out on the Commonwealth Games qualifying mark of 14:56.60 but had a good outing in her first 5,000m meet of the year.
This was only her second competition of the year, coming after a seventh-place finish in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Shanghai Diamond League last month.
She had secured qualification for the Commonwealth Games in the steeplechase during this event, clocking 9:12.84s to comfortably beat the qualifying standard of 9:27.41s.
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