Shaoxing, May 17 -- Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary narrowly missed out on breaking her own national record in women's 3000 m steeplechase at Shanghai Diamond League 2026 on Saturday.

During the prestigious high-profile athletics event on Saturday, Parul clocked timings of 9:12.84 in the competition, which officially kick-started her season. She finished seventh, as per Olympics.com.

Parul fell just 0.38 seconds short of her national record, which she accomplished during her gold-winning Asian Athletics Championships performance in Gumi last year.

Parul's performance also managed to breach the minimum qualification standard of 9:47.00, set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for the women's 3000 m steeplechase event at the Asian ...