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Anushka Yadav breaks hammer throw record at National Open Athletics Championships

National Open Athletics Championships Anushka Yadav hammer throw Baranica Elangovan New Delhi

At the 65th National Open Athletics Championships in New Delhi, 18-year-old hammer thrower Anushka Yadav set a new meet record with a throw of 66.53m. This performance surpassed the previous five-year-old record of 64.42m held by Manju Bala.

In the same competition, Baranica Elangovan secured the gold medal in women’s pole vault with a best jump of 4.10m. Other notable results from the third day of competition include Sunil Dawar winning the men’s 5,000m and Karanveer Singh taking first place in the shot put.

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Anushka Yadav · Baranica Elangovan · National Open Athletics Championships · New Delhi · ONGC

Sources

Anushka Yadav improves hammer throw meet record; Elangovan wins pole vault gold [bhaskarlive.in]
National Open Athletics Sees Double Meet Records Fall [www.rediff.com]
National Athletics: Teenage hammer thrower Anushka Yadav improves meet record [www.news18.com]