Jaisha smashes own record in marathon, finishes 18th

Beijing, Aug 30:
O P Jaisha smashed her own national record while finishing 18th, one place above compatriot Sudha Singh, in the women’s marathon event as the World Athletics Championships concluded today with none of the Indians even remotely coming up with any chance of winning a medal.
Jaisha, a bronze medal winner in the 1500m event in 2014 Incheon Asian Games, clocked 2:34:43 to complete the early morning marathon race at 18th to better her earlier national mark of 2:37:29 set in January in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
Sudha finished just behind Jaisha at 19th with a time of 2:35:35. In fact, Sudha’s timing was also better than Jaisha’s earlier national record.
32-year-old Jaisha has already qualified for next year’s Olympics while Sudha today booked a ticket for the 2016 Rio Games on the basis of her today’s timing. The qualifying standard for marathon in Rio Olympics is 2:42:00 and the qualifying period has begun from January 1 this year. (PTI)

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