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100 km (track) 7:32:43 h: Amar Singh Devanda 13–14 March 2021 Tuffman 24 Hour Stadium Run Chandigarh, India [15] 12 hours: 140.00 km Dhananjay Sharma 18 December 2022 Tuffman 12 Hour Stadium Run Gurugram, India [16] 24 hours: 222.24 km Binay Kumar Sah 9–10 March 2019 Tuffman 24 Hour Stadium Run Chandigarh, India 110 m hurdles: 13.48 (−0.9 ...
Neeraj Chopra won India's first-ever Olympic gold medal in athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics (held in 2021) by throwing his best of 87.58 meters in the javelin throw final. Chopra is the first javelin thrower from India who won a gold medal, and only the second Indian sportsperson after Abhinav Bindra to win an Olympic gold medal. [11] [42]
Jaisha Orchatteri Puthiya Veetil (born 23 May 1983), commonly known as O. P. Jaisha, is an Indian track and field athlete from Kerala.She is the current national record holder in the marathon, a distinction she achieved by clocking 2:34:43 at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing.
For track and combined events, the term "indoor world records" were changed to "short track world records". In some field events, including long jump, triple jump, high jump, pole vault, and shot put, indoor world records were eliminated. These changes came into effect on 1 November 2023.
Chopra was the only track and field athlete that year to be recommended by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the country's highest sports award, the Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna. [47] He was awarded the Arjuna Award in September 2018. [48] The army rewarded him with an out-of-turn promotion to subedar in November. [49]
Hima Das (born 9 January 2000), nicknamed Dhing Express, [8] is an Indian sprinter from the state of Assam.She holds the current Indian national record in 400 meters with a timing of 50.79 s that she clocked at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Athletics Federation of India: Website: https://indianathletics.in: in Budapest, Hungary 19–27 August 2023; Competitors: 28 (23 men and 5 women) Medals Ranked 18th: Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 1: World Athletics Championships appearances
Avinash Mukund Sable (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in 3000 metres steeplechase. He holds the national record of 8:09.91, set at the 2024 Paris Diamond League where he finished at the 6th spot. [3] It was the tenth time he had set the national record. [4]