KM Deeksha breaks women’s national 1,500m record in Los Angeles; Avinash Sable finishes 2nd in men’s 5000m – Firstpost

India’s KM Deeksha finished third in the women’s 1,500m event at the Sound Running Track Fest in Los Angeles on Saturday, breaking a national record, while long-distance runner Avinash Sable secured second place in the 5,000m male.

Deeksha covered the distance in a time of 4:04.78 in the final, breaking the record that previously belonged to Harmilan Bains. Bains had covered the distance with a time of 4:05.39 during the National Open Athletics Championships 2021 in Warangal.

The 25-year-old’s previous best effort was 4:06.07 which she recorded in the final of the 2023 Inter-State National Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. Deeksha had beaten Bains for the gold medal in this event.

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KM Deeksha clocked 4:04.78 seconds, to break the women’s 1500m national record of 4:05.39 set by Harmilan Bains in 2021, at the Sound Running Track Festival in Los Angeles.@Paris2024 #Olympic Games #Paris2024 @Media_SAI

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Deeksha, who hails from Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, has been a part of MP Athletics Academy for five years under coach SK Prasad.

Sable finished second in the men’s 5000m with a time of 13:20.37 and not his favorite event the 3000m steeplechase, and in the same event Gulveer Singh ran a time of 13:31.95.

Sable’s 5,000m national record is 13:19.30.

Parul Chaudhary ran 15:10.69 in the women’s 5000m to finish fifth. Parul narrowly missed out on improving her national record while her compatriot Ankita finished 10th with a time of 15:28.88.

Kartik Kumar ran the final lap in 62 seconds in the men’s 10,000m, but that could only net him a second place. He clocked 28:07.66.

This is a bronze level event on the World Athletics Continental Tour.

With PTI inputs