Steeplechase: India

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National record

Women

2016: Sudha Singh 9 min 26.55 sec

The Times of India, May 15 2016

Rio Olympics-bound athlete Sudha Singh shattered the national record in women's 3000m steeplecha se event to finish eighth in the se cond leg of the pre stigious Diamond League Meet.

Sudha, who had qualified for Rio Games during the Federation Cup National Athletics Championships in New Delhi last month, clocked 9 minute 26.55 seconds to better the earlier national record of 9:27.09 held by her training-mate and another Olympics-bound athlete Lalita Babar. Reigning Asian champion Babar also took part in the race today and stood 13th with a disap pointing timing of 9:43.30 among 14 women who finished the race at this Chinese city. Babar, who had finished a creditable eighth at the World Athletics Championships last year, had created the earlier national record while winning the gold in the Federation Cup in which Sudha had finished second to book a Rio Games berth.

2015 World Championships gold-medallist HyvinKiyengJepkemoi of Kenya won the race in a personal best timing of 9:07.42 while 2014 Asian Games champion, Kenya-born Bahrain athlete Ruth Jebet finished second in a new continental record timing of 9:15.98. 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Assefa Sofia of Ethiopia was third in 9:21.07 in the top class field.