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Parul Chaudhary sets new national record in 3000m steeplechase at Doha Diamond League
Doha, May 17: India's Parul Chaudhary began her 2025 athletics season on a high note, setting a new national record in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the Doha Diamond League 2025 in Qatar on Friday, according to Olympics.com.
KIYG 2025: Bihar, J&K bag first weightlifting medals; 13 national records set in 5-day event
Rajgir (Bihar), May 14: Hosts Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir clinched their first weightlifting medals at the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 on Wednesday.
Dev Kumar Meena registers new pole vault national record during National Federation Senior Athletics Competition
Kochi, April 23: In the men's pole vault, Dev Kumar Meena won gold and set a new national record with a 5.35m effort at the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition 2025. The continental mark for the event is 5.51m, according to Olympics.com.
Hyderabad star Stephen Rogers dominates 4W Drag Championship
Hosur, April 21: Hyderabad ace Stephen Jyothi Rogers Pachigalla started his campaign in the FMSCI Indian National Drag Racing Championship 2025 (4-wheeler) with a grand triple crown in the premier Unrestricted class, besides setting a National record, as he topped the category in both first and second rounds held at the Taneja Aerospace in Hosur.
Amar Sarin creates national record at Delhi Horse Show
New Delhi, April 15: In a historic moment for Indian equestrian sport, Amar Sarin, astride his magnificent Belgian stallion Bajrang, soared to a record-breaking height of 1.90 meters in the open jumping six bar at the prestigious Delhi Horse Show 2025, held at JPC.
KIPG 2025: SAI Gandhinagar powerlifters dominate by bagging 10 medals
New Delhi, March 28: Powerlifting athletes from the Sports Authority of India (SAI) National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) in Gandhinagar put up a strong show in the second Khelo India Para Games which concluded on Thursday. The NCOE campers secured 10 medals, including seven gold, in the para-powerlifting competition held at the JLN Stadium complex.
Haryana retain Khelo India Para Games team championship, Tamil Nadu runners-up, Uttar Pradesh third
New Delhi, March 27: After eight days of intense sporting action, the second edition of the Khelo India Para Games came to a close on Thursday with Haryana once again finishing on top of the team standings with 34 gold medals. Tamil Nadu (28 golds) and Uttar Pradesh (23 golds) finished second and third, respectively, in the overall standings.
KIPG 2025: Jaspreet Kaur, Manish break powerlifting records; TN, Haryana share lead (Ld)
New Delhi, March 23: The fourth day of the second edition of the Khelo India Para Games saw Punjab's powerlifter Jaspreet Kaur and Haryana's Manish grabbing the headlines.
KIPG 2025: Jaspreet Kaur breaks powerlifting national record; Sheetal Devi wins archery gold; TN keep lead
New Delhi, March 23: With a record-breaking effort, Punjab powerlifter Jaspreet Kaur grabbed the headlines on the fourth day of the second edition of the Khelo India Para Games (KIPG) here on Sunday. Jaspreet became the first athlete in KIPG 2025 to break a national record.
Indian Open Throws Competition: Ujjawal Choudhary sets national record
Navi Mumbai, March 21: Haryana's Ujjawal Choudhary put in a splendid display on the opening day of the 4th Indian Open Throws Competition at the Jio Institute in Ulwe in Navi Mumbai on Thursday, winning the gold in the U20 discus throw event with a new national record. Choudhary's best of 59.34m broke the previous record of 58.11m.
National Youth Athletics: Suraj Singh sets 1,000m record; Haryana emerge overall winners
Patna, March 12: Uttarakhand’s Suraj Singh hogged the spotlight as he became champion in the boys' 1,000m race with a new national record in the U18 group on the final day of the 20th National Youth Athletics Championship at Patliputra Sports Complex here on Wednesday.
Jyothi Yarraji sets 60m hurdles national record; Tejas Shirse equals record
Mumbai, Jan 25: Young woman hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, who was conferred with the prestigious Arjuna award earlier this month, started her 2025 season in scintillating fashion by rewriting the 60m hurdles national record, which already stood in her name, en route to a top place finish at the ‘Meeting de Nantes Metropole’ in Nantes, France on Saturday.