Sports · 12 October 2026
Ankita Dhyani Breaks 11-Year-Old Steeplechase Meet Record to Win Gold at National Open Athletics Championships
Exam-focused facts from the 12 October 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Railways runner Ankita Dhyani won gold in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the 65th National Open Athletics Championships with a meet-record time of 9:34.86 seconds on the final day at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
- Her time bettered Lalita Babar's meet record of 9:39.83 seconds set in 2015 in Kolkata.
- Jishnu Prasad, representing All India Police, won gold in the men's 200m with a meet-record time of 20.62 seconds, improving the previous record of 20.66 seconds set by B Nitin in Bengaluru in 2024.
- Ankita led the steeplechase race from start to finish.
- The national record in the women's 3000m steeplechase is 9:08.67 seconds, held by Parul Chaudhary.
- Sharukh Khan narrowly missed Avinash Sable's men's 3000m steeplechase meet record of 8:29.80 seconds set in 2018 in Bhubaneswar.