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Parul Chaudhary targets Asian Games medal and Lalita Babar's 3000m steeplechase national record
The 28-year-old Chaudhary has been training at Colorado Springs -- which is at an altitude of 1800m above sea level -- along with star men's 3000m steeplechaser Avinash Sablesince March 20.
She set a national record of 15:10.35s in the 5000m race at the Track Festival in Walnut, California, on May 6 before clocking her personal best of 9:29.51s in her pet event of 3000m steeplechase at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix on May 26.
"I have benefitted immensely from the high-altitude training at Colorado Springs. Last year, I was here (Colorado Springs) for just 25 days, but this time, it has been two months now here, doing high-altitude training," Chaudhary told PTI from her training base at Colorado Springs.
"The continuous training for two months is showing in my timing. The season has been great for me so far. I am currently in training-cum-competition mode, and once the main international competitions of the season start, I hope to achieve my goals."
Chaudhary, the daughter of a farmer from Bahrala village in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, is currently training under foreign coach Scott Simmons and Indian coach Jaiveer Singh.
Target is Asian Games medal and breaking Lalita Babar's national record
In the senior circuit for nearly 10 years without much international success, Chaudhary is hoping this season to be a defining one as she aims for medals in the Hangzhou Asian Games in September-October.
In the 2018 Asian Games, the 5000m gold-medal winner had clocked 15:08.08s while the silver winner ran 15:30.57s, which is much more than the national record
Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin and 3000m steeplechaser Parul Chaudhary exit from Paris Olympics
Parul finished eighth in her heat race and 21st overall to end her campaign in the Paris Olympics.
The 29-year-old, who underwent high-altitude training in the USA for a few months in the lead-up to the Games, ran the distance at 9 minutes 23.39 seconds. It was her season's best but well below her national mark of 9:15.31 clocked in the 2023 Budapest World Championships.
The top-five each from the three heat races qualify for the final.
Defending Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai of Uganda won the heat number one with 9:10.51 while Faith Cherotich (9:10.57) of Kenya and Gesa Felicitas Krause (9:10.68) from Germany were second and third respectively.
This brought to an end to Parul's campaign, who had also failed to qualify for the women's 5000m race along with Ankita Dhyani.
Parul had made direct qualification for the 3000m steeplechase — her pet event — after breaching the entry standard of 9:23.00.
Lalita Babarwas the lone Indian woman 3000m steeplechaser to qualify for the final round in the 2016 Rio Olympics, where she ultimately finished 10th.
In the men's long jump qualification round, Aldrin fouled his first two attempts before coming up with 7.61m in the third. He ended 13th in Group B qualification out of 16 competitors and overall 26th.
All athletes who jumped the automatic qualification mark of 8.15m or at least 12 best performers advance to final round.
The 22-year-old Aldrin has not been able to touch 8m this year and he made it to the Paris Games at the last minute through world rankings.
Aldrin has a season best of 7.99m and personal best of 8.42m.
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Asian Games 2023: Parul Chaudhary, Priti Bag Silver and Bronze For India In Women's 3000m Steeplechase
India's Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase |Courtesy-Twitter
India's Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase but they were left chasing the shadow of Bahrain's Yavi Winfred Mutile, who set an Asian Games record on way to defending her title here on Monday.
Parul clocked 9:27.63 seconds, which was more than nine seconds behind the Bahrain runner who took the top podium finish in 9:18.28, a new Games record.
The previous Games record stood in the name of country-mate Jebet Ruth (9:31.36 sec) set during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.
Though Parul also breached the Asian Games record, it was nowhere close to her national record and personal best of 9:15.31 clocked at the World Championships in Budapest, which helped her qualify for the Paris Olympics, in August.
Compatriot Priti finished a good 16 seconds behind Parul, clocking a personal best 9:43.32 seconds to win the bronze in a close finish with another Bahrain runner Mekonen Tigest Getent, who timed 9:43.71 seconds to finish fourth.
Yavi began to pull away in the sixth lap of the gruelling race, making Parul look like an underpowered engine.
The Kenyan-born Bahrain runner, who won the 2023 World Athletics Championships gold in the event beating country-mate Beatrice Chepkoech, finished at least 50 metres ahead of the 28-year-old Parul.
In men's 200m, India's Amlan Borgohain finished a distant sixth in 20.98 seconds.
The gold was won by Japan's Koki Ueyama in 20.60 seconds, which was way below the Asian Games recordof 20.14 seconds set in Incheon by Qatar's Femi Ogunode.
Saudi Arabia's Mohammed Abdullah Abkar clinched the silver medal with a time of 20.63, while the bronze went to Chinese Taipei's Yang Chun-Han who clocked 20.74 seconds.
End of Parul Chaudhary reaping rewards of high-altitude training
For the last three months, the 28-year-old has been involved in "high-altitude training" at the athletics base in Colorado Springs, US.The base is situated at an altitude of 1,800m above sea level. Along with Parul, star men's 3000msteeplechaser Avinash Sable, who won a historic silver at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games last year, has also gone through the rounds. This training base is preferred b y several American middle-distance runners and steeplechasers.
"I have benefitted immensely from high-altitude training. Last year, I was here (Colorado Springs) for just 25 days, but this time, it has been three months now," Parul told TOI from Colorado Springs. In May, Parul set a national record of 15:10. 35s in the 5000m race at the Track Festival in Walnut, California. She then clocked her personal best of 9:29. 51s in her pet event of 3000m steeplechase at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on May 26.
"The continuous training for two months is showing in my timing. The season has been great for me so far. I am currently in training-cum-competition mode, and once the main international competitions of the season start, I hope to achieve my goals," she said.
As the season gets rolling, Parul is hoping to peak at the "right time" and break Lalita Babar's 3000m steeplechase national record of 9:19. 76s set in 2016 during the Rio Olympics.
"I tried my best to run sub-9:20 at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on May 26, but it didn't materialise. In hindsight, I thought if I had skipped an earlier race,