Asian Championships bronze medallist runner Sanjivani Jadhav won the gruelling women's 10,000m race at the Portland Track Festival High-Performance Meet, clocking a personal best time of 32:22.77 seconds in Portland, USA. (More Sports News)
Portland has turned out to be a happy hunting ground for the 27-year-old long-distance runner, who had finished second in the 💝event last year, registering 32:46.88 seconds, her first sub-33 mark.
Another Indian in the fray, Seema finished fifth clockin﷽g 32:55.🌳91.
Commonwealth and Asian Games medallist, Avinash Sable clocꦍked 8:21.85 seconds in men's 3000m steeplechase to finish second, though he was a good 10 s🌼econds adrift of his national record of 8:11.20, set at the 2022 CWG where he had won the silver medal.
American Kenneth Rooks, winner of the 3000m steeplechase national title at the 2023 USA Outdoor T🎃rack and Field Championships, took the top spot clocking 8:18.77, and coming close to 𓆉the meet record of 8:18.55.
Ace Indian women's long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary, winner of gold (5000m) and silver (3000m steeplechase) at the Hangzhou Asian Games last year,๊ finished third in steeplechase, clocking 9:31.38 seconds, which was nearly 16 seconds adrift from the national re👍cord of 9:15.31 in her name set in Budapest last year.
Another Indian in the event, Priti,ꩲ was 20th clocking 10:12.88 seconds.
Several Indian elite middle and long-distance athletes currently training in 🌌Colorado are com🔯peting in Portland Track Festival.
