Indian Chaudhry hairnational record holder Women’s 3000m steeplechaseFailed to advance to finals after finishing eighth in Paris qualifying round olympic games on Sunday. This ended her Olympic campaign.
The 29-year-old clocked a season-best time of 9 minutes, 23.39 seconds, which was significantly slower than the national record of 9 minutes, 15.31 seconds she set at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
Prior to the Olympics, Parul had trained at altitude in the United States.
To qualify for the finals, athletes need to finish in the top five in their respective heats. Defending Olympic champion Peruus Chemutai of Uganda won the first place in the preliminaries with a time of 9 minutes and 10.51 seconds, followed by Kenya’s Faith Cerotic (9:10.57) and Germany’s Gesa Felicita Krause (9:10.68) followed closely behind.
Parul’s exit also marked the end of her Olympic journey as she had previously failed to qualify for the women’s 5000m event along with Ankita Dhyani. Parul surpassed the entry standard of 9 minutes and 23 seconds to qualify directly for her professional event, the 3000m steeplechase.
Lalita Babar is the only Indian woman to reach the Olympic finals in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing 10th at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
The 29-year-old clocked a season-best time of 9 minutes, 23.39 seconds, which was significantly slower than the national record of 9 minutes, 15.31 seconds she set at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.
Prior to the Olympics, Parul had trained at altitude in the United States.
To qualify for the finals, athletes need to finish in the top five in their respective heats. Defending Olympic champion Peruus Chemutai of Uganda won the first place in the preliminaries with a time of 9 minutes and 10.51 seconds, followed by Kenya’s Faith Cerotic (9:10.57) and Germany’s Gesa Felicita Krause (9:10.68) followed closely behind.
Parul’s exit also marked the end of her Olympic journey as she had previously failed to qualify for the women’s 5000m event along with Ankita Dhyani. Parul surpassed the entry standard of 9 minutes and 23 seconds to qualify directly for her professional event, the 3000m steeplechase.
Lalita Babar is the only Indian woman to reach the Olympic finals in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing 10th at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
