New Delhi: Olympics-bound runner Sudha Singh, who created a national record in women's 3000m steeplechase at the IAAF Diamond League in Shanghai last week, today said that her record-breaking performance has come at a right time and it will boost her confidence in the run-up to Rio Games.

Sudha's new record -- 9:26:55secs -- rewritten 15 days after Asian champion Lalita Babar's national mark in New Delhi last month, has intensified the friendly rivalry between the duo who train under same foreign coach Nikolai Snesraev.