National Open Athletics: Harmilan Kaur sets national record in 1500m

Hanamkonda: Punjab's Harmilan Kaur Bains stole the thunder from the sprinters by breaking Sunita Rani's long-standing national record in the 1,500 metres on the second day of the 60th National Open Athletics Championships in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Hanamkonda in Telangana yesterday.

Delhi's K. M. Chanda gamely shadowed Harmilan until



the Punjab runner sped away at the bell to win by a sizable margin. Harmilan, undefeated in eight national-level 1,500 metres races since January 2020. Naresh Kumar from Andhra Pradesh and Delhi's Tarandeep Kaur took the honours as the fastest male and female athlete of the meet by winning the 100 metres dash.