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Tanya Chaudhary betters women’s hammer throw national record at Inter-University C’ships

Tanya Chaudhary betters women’s hammer throw national record at Inter-University C’ships

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Chandigarh University’s Tanya Chaudhary bettered a nine-year-old women’s hammer throw national record at the 2026 Inter-University Athletics Championships on Friday. Chaudhary recorded a best effort of 65.60m to clinch the gold medal ahead of Nandini (61.84m) and Grima (56.46m). Chaudhary’s distance was 35cm better than Sarita Singh’s 65.25m, which is the existing national record in the event since 2017. However since the Inter-University Athletics Championships is not an event recognised by the World Athletics, Chaudhary’s record won’t be officially ratified. Besides as per a report in Sportstar, she wasn’t tested by the National Anti Doping Agency either after her performance. Chaudhary’s performance at the Inter-University Athletics Championships was also a massive improvement from her personal best of 63.91m, which was registered in August last year. She had also represented India at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, finishing seventh with a best effort of 60.50m. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original …

Shooting: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar betters 50m rifle 3p national record

Shooting: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar betters 50m rifle 3p national record

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India’s Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar bettered the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions world record final score at the 2025 National Shooting Championships in Bhopal on Monday. Tomar, a two-time Olympian, shot a brilliant 470.5 to win the gold medal. The score is an impressive 1.7 better than the world record held by China’s Liu Yukun, which stands at 468.9. Tomar’s score, however, won’t stand as the official world record since it wasn’t registered in an ISSF-accredited competition. The 24-year-old from Madhya Pradesh though now has the bragging rights for the national record. As Tomar ran away with the gold medal, Niraj Kumar (463.7) finished a distant second. Akhil Sheoran completed the podium. Earlier, Tomar had shot an impressive 590 to qualify for the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions final. It was also a national record equaling performance. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Dev Meena betters his own pole vault national record at 2025 Federation Cup

Dev Meena betters his own pole vault national record at 2025 Federation Cup

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Dev Meena set a new Indian national record in men’s pole vault at the 2025 Federation Cup in Kochi on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Dev soared past his own previous mark to record a never-seen-before 5.35m height at the Maharaja’s College Ground. This is the second time in the year that the Madhya Pradesh lad has bettered the national record in the event. He had registered a leap of 5.32m at the 2025 National Games in Dehradun two months back to first put his name in the record books. He had then surpassed Siva Subramani’s then national record of 5.31m. More to follow Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Tejas Shirse betters 60m hurdles national record

Tejas Shirse betters 60m hurdles national record

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Indian hurdler Tejas Shirse continued to impress, breaking the men’s 60m hurdles indoor record for the second time this year. He clocked 7.64 seconds to clinch the silver medal at the Elite Indoor Meet in France on Friday. Meanwhile, Jyothi Yarraji missed out on a podium finish, securing fifth place in the women’s 60m hurdles with a timing of 8.10 seconds. She fell short of her national record, which she set last week, by 0.06 seconds. Tejas started the event on a high, finishing third in the first heat and booking his spot in the final with a timing of 7.70 seconds. He improved on this in the final, securing a silver medal. Enrique Llopis of Spain won the gold medal with a brilliant timing of 7.54 seconds, while the bronze went to Wilhem Belocian of France with 7.67s. This was Tejas’ third indoor meet of the season, and he is improving with each competition. He will now be aiming to qualify for the Indoor World Championships. On the other hand, Jyothi Yarraji had a …

Bindyarani Devi betters Mirabai Chanu’s national record in 55kg snatch

Bindyarani Devi betters Mirabai Chanu’s national record in 55kg snatch

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Bindyarani Devi, on Friday, improved on the Mirabai Chanu’s snatch national record in women’s 55kg weightlifting at the 2025 National Games in Uttarakhand. Bindyarani, a silver medallist from the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, lifted 88kg in snatch to set a new national record. The 49kg Olympic medallist Chanu held the previous record with an 86kg lift in the event. Bindyarani was competing for Manipur at the National Games when she achieved the feat. It was indeed a special moment for the 26-year-old weightlifter, who grew up idolising Chanu. In fact, the Tokyo Olympics medallist had gifted Bindyarani with a pair of shoes when she was struggling financially to keep her in the sport. “She [Chanu] knew I did not have the money to buy the lifting shoes but she didn’t think twice before gifting me those shoes,” Bindyarani had said after winning her Commonwealth Games medal. The Bindyarani now holds all three national records in women’s 55kg. She also holds the best ever lift of 116kg in clean and jerk and a total record of …

Sairaj Pardeshi betters youth national records in Doha

Sairaj Pardeshi betters youth national records in Doha

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Indian weightlifter Sairaj Pardeshi bettered his own youth national records in snatch, clean and jerk, and total lift categories to clinch the 81kg men’s title at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships in Doha, Qatar, on Monday. The 17-year-old won one gold medal and two silver medals at the event. Sairaj lifted 139kg in the snatch category setting a youth national record. It fetched him a silver medal. He also won the second silver medal in the clean and jerk category by lifting 171kg. It was again a youth record. Sairaj won the gold medal with an overall lift of 310kg, setting a national youth record. This was India’s first gold in the men’s category at this event. Overall, India won seven gold, four silver and as many bronze medals at the event. Iran’s Amirmohammad Rahmati won the silver medal with a total lift of 307kg (140kg snatch + 167 clean and jerk), while Saudi Arabia’s Alzawri Mohammed Ali bagged the bronze medal with a lift of 306kg (134 snatch + 172 clear and …

Ashi Chouksey betters world record

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India’s top rifle shooters continued to dazzle at the national selection trials, with Arjun Babuta and Ashi Chouksey stealing the limelight with remarkable victories on Wednesday. Arjun Babuta, already a Paris Olympics quota holder, clinched back-to-back wins in the competitions. In the men’s 10m air rifle T4 finals, Babuta narrowly missed out on breaking the world record, scoring an impressive 252.5, just 1.2 points short of the current record held by Divyansh Singh Panwar. This performance followed his equally stellar display in the T3 trials. The competition witnessed stiff challenges from Tamil Nadu’s Sri Karthik Sabari Raj and Rajasthan’s Yash Vardhan, who secured the second and third positions, respectively. Meanwhile, in the women’s 25m air pistol T4 event, former Asian Games champion Rahi Sarnobat displayed her class by clinching the top spot with a finals score of 33, after a solid performance in the qualifications with a score of 583. Jaspreet Kaur from Punjab and Annu Raj Singh from Air India secured the second and third positions, respectively. However, the highlight of the day undoubtedly …

Aishwary Tomar Wins Men’s 50m Rifle 3P National Trials, Betters World Record

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Aishwary Tomar was representing Madhya Pradesh in the national trials.© X (Twitter) Olympian shooter Aishwary Tomar bettered world record score while winning the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions (3P) national trials in Bhopal on Monday. The 23-year-old Tomar, who was part of the Indian team that won 50m rifle 3 positions gold in 2023 World Championships, stamped his class with a scorching 466.4 score in the final. The current world record in this event stands at 466.1. Tomar was representing Madhya Pradesh in the national trials. Navyman Niraj Kumar was second while Goldie Gurjar was third for his second consecutive podium finish in the trials. Tamil Nadu’s R Narmada Nithin won the women’s 10m air rifle trials. Narmada shot 251.8 to deny another local favourite Ashi Chouksey, who came second for the second-day running. Rajasthan’s Nisha Kanwar was third. Uttar Pradesh’s Neha overcame two seasoned opponents to take the women’s 25m pistol title on competition day three of the national rifle/pistol selection trials at the MP State Shooting Academy ranges. Neha claimed the …

Umran Malik Clocks 156 kph In 1st ODI vs Sri Lanka, Betters Record As India’s Fastest Bowler

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Umran Malik in action during the first ODI against Sri Lanka.© AFP India’s pace sensation Umran Malik set the speed gun on fire after bowling a 156 kph delivery in the first ODI against Sri Lanka at the Barsapara Cricket Stadium, Guwahati on Tuesday. Malik bettered his own record of bowling the fastest delivery by an Indian. The speedster bowled the delivery in his second over (14th over of the inning) of his first spell. The right-arm pacer clocked in 155 kph on the speed radar in the first T20I against Sri Lanka to become the fastest Indian bowler overshadowing Jasprit Bumrah‘s record. The Jammu-born pacer surpassed Bumrah’s record of 153.36 kph to earn the tag of being the fastest Indian bowler. The delivery was not only the fastest of the match but was pivotal too as it got rid of Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka who was bamboozling the Indian attack up until then. Malik turned the match on its head for the hosts as Shanaka was dismissed for 45 off 27 balls on …