New Delhi, Sept. 11 -- Nirbhay Choudhary shattered the men's hammer throw national record with a 71.02m effort as several of India's Asian Games-bound athletes, including Parul Chaudhary, Avinash Sable, Animesh Kujur and Rohit Yadav, registered victories at the Indian Athletics Final Series 2026 here on Thursday.

Nirbhay surpassed the previous national record of 70.73m set by Neeraj Kumar in 2016, producing the throw during a strong showing in the men's hammer throw competition. Damneet Singh finished second with 68.12m, while Ashish Jakhar was third with 67.51m, according to Olympics.com.

The women's hammer throw also witnessed a national record as Tanya Chaudhary produced a 68.35m effort to better Anushka Yadav's previous mark of 67.0...