After Tokyo’s heartbreak, Harmillon breaks 1500m national record. More sports news – Times of India

Chandigarh: Patiala girl on 21st June Harmilan Kaur Bains Was sad when she missed the qualifying mark of 4:04.20 Tokyo Olympics In the women’s 1500 meters event. Struggling with stomach cramps, Harmillan clocked an impressive 4:08.27 in Indian Grand Prix (IGP) 4. A week later, the heat from Patiala affected his event, but despite this he finished with two gold medals (800m and 1500m). ) in the Senior National Championship. She knew her Tokyo dreams were over, but she vowed to come back stronger.
On Thursday, Harmillon made a spectacular return to the track as he eclipsed Sunita Rani19 year old national record on second day of 60th day National Open Athletics Championship At the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Warangal.

Continuing her growing prowess in her pet women’s 1500m event, 23-year-old Metric Miller from Punjab clocked 4:05.39 to erase the mark set by Sunita at 4:06.03 at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. He also shattered OP Jaisha. Meet record of 4:11.83 set in Delhi in 2006.
Harmilan, who shifted his training base at NIS, Patiala to Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh due to the COVID-19 protocol, has shown rapid progress, improving from 4:14.68 in the last one year. Khelo India University Games Last year in the Federation Cup (March 16) and Indian Grand Prix 4 (June 21) at Patiala in Bhubaneswar till 4:08.70 and 4:08.27.
Despite winning a gold medal with a national record, Harmillon’s effort fell short of the 1500m qualification mark of 4.04.20 for the 2022 World Championships. For now, the young man is satisfied with the record.

“Yes, that (world championship qualifying mark) was on my mind, but it’s all God’s plan, we have to follow his plan,” Harmillon told TOI after his achievement.
“For Tokyo, after the second wave, we only had two tournaments to make it to the Olympics, so there was an added pressure, the heat was unbearable even in Patiala in June. But I am happy with my performance today, breaking one 19 years old record, and it was in the same Busan Asian Games where my mother (Madhuri Singh) won the 800m silver medal.”
Born to former middle-distance runners Amandeep Bains (South Asian Games medalist in 1500m) and Madhuri Singh (women’s 800m silver medalist in Busan), Harmilan has competed in eight national-level 1500m races since January 2020. Extended his unbeaten run.
Talking about the other events of the day, Naresh Kumar (10.30 sec) of Andhra Pradesh and Tarandeep Kaur (11.50 sec) of Delhi won the 100m race to win the title of the fastest male and female athletes of the meet. The race produced personal bests for Assam’s Amlan Borgohain and Harjit Singh (Services), with times of 10.34 seconds for both, a photo finish that saw them run six-thousandths of a second to secure the silver medal for the former. separated from
Delhi teenager Taranjeet, who was hit by a car and broke a collarbone two years ago, won the title of fastest woman of the meet with a blistering personal best time of 11.50 seconds to leave veteran Archana Susindran . Tamil Nadu) in view of that.
The men’s 1500m race saw a turnaround when little-known Parvez Khan (Haryana) stunned two-time Asian Athletics Championships medalist Ajay Kumar Saroj (Railways).