18-year-old Anushka Yadav breaks hammer throw record at National Athletics Championships

Anushka Yadav, 18, broke the women’s hammer throw meet record with a 66.53m effort at the National Open Athletics Championships on October 10.
Yadav surpassed Manju Bala’s five-year-old record of 64.42m, after finishing fourth in hammer throw at the 2026 Asian Games.
Asian Games bronze medallist Baranica Elangovan won women’s pole vault gold with a best jump of 4.10m at the championships.

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