Ankita Dhyani sets women’s steeplechase national record

Ankita Dhyani

Olympian Ankita Dhyani broke the women's 2000m steeplechase national record while winning gold at the Grand Slam Jerusalem athletics meet in Israel.

Dhyani, 23, clocked a time of 6:13.92 seconds to better the previous national mark of 6:14.38, held by Parul Chaudhary.

With the ranking points she earned from the win on Thursday, Ankita boosted her chances of qualifying for 3000m steeplechase, at the World Championships in Tokyo next month, through the world ranking quota.

The Grand Slam Jerusalem is a World Athletics Continental Tour silver level (Category B) event.

Israel's Adva Cohen and Denmark's Juliane Hvid finished second and third after clocking a time of 6:15.20 and 6:17.80, respectively.

Dhyani had previously secured a silver medal in the 3000m steeplechase at the World University Games last month, where she clocked a personal best time of 9:31.99. She had also taken part in the women's 5000m event at the 2024 Olympics.

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