Shaoxing [China], May 17 (ANI): Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary narrowly missed out on breaking her personal nationwide document in ladies’s 3000 m steeplechase at Shanghai Diamond League 2026 on Saturday.
During the celebrated high-profile athletics occasion on Saturday, Parul clocked timings of 9:12.84 within the competitors, which formally kick-started her season. She completed seventh, as per Olympics.com.
Parul fell simply 0.38 seconds in need of her nationwide document, which she achieved throughout her gold-winning Asian Athletics Championships efficiency in Gumi final 12 months.
Parul’s efficiency additionally managed to breach the minimal qualification commonplace of 9:47.00, set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the ladies’s 3000 m steeplechase occasion on the Asian Games 2026 to be held later this 12 months in Japan from September to October. But her closing choice within the Indian contingent rests with the AFI, and the breaching of the qualification commonplace doesn’t assure her a spot within the Asian Games.
Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai, a two-time Olympic medallist, secured the win with a gathering document of 8:51.47. Kenya’s Faith Cherotich, the Paris 2024 bronze medallist and reigning world champion, was a detailed second in 8:51.48, whereas Tunisia’s Marwa Bouzayani took third place with timings of 8:58.09.
The Shanghai Diamond League look was her first competitors for the reason that World Athletics Championships in Tokyo final 12 months, the place she completed ninth in her warmth with timings of 9:22.24.
It can also be Parul’s third Diamond League look, having completed sixth in Doha final 12 months together with her then private finest time of 9:13.39 and later completed sixteenth at Eugene with timings of 9:46.74.
The Shanghai meet marks the opening leg of the 2026 Diamond League season. The competitors strikes to Xiamen subsequent weekend. Indian javelin throw star Sachin Yadav, who upstaged Olympic gold medalist and defending champion Neeraj Chopra with a fourth-place end within the World Championships final 12 months, will make his Diamond League debut on June 4 in Rome. (ANI)