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India At Shanghai Diamond League: Parul Chaudhary Finishes Creditable 7th In 3000m Steeplechase

The 31-year-old Parul Chaudhary clocked 9 minutes 12.84 seconds in a quality field. Uganda’s Peruth Chemutai won the title in 8:51.47 as world champion Faith Cherotich of Kenya finished just 0.01 behind

File photo of Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary.
Summary
  • Parul Chaudhary runs her second career-best 3000m steeplechase race in Shanghai

  • The 31-year-old clocks 9 minutes 12.84 seconds to finish seventh

  • This was Parul's season-opening race and first after World Championships in September 2025

National record holder Parul Chaudhary ran her second career-best 3000m steeplechase race to finish seventh in the season-opening Diamond League meeting in Shanghai on Saturday.

The 31-year-old Parul clocked 9 minutes 12.84 seconds in a quality field. Uganda’s 2021 Tokyo Olympic champion Peruth Chemutai won the title in 8:51.47 as world champion Faith Cherotich of Kenya finished just 0.01 behind in 8:51.48.

Tunisia’s Marwa Bouzayani was third in 8:58.09. Ethiopia’s Kena Tufa was the fourth competitor to run sub-9 minute, clocking 8:59.66 for a fourth-place finish.

This was Parul's season-opening race and first after the World Championships in September 2025 in Tokyo, where she had failed to make it to the final round.

Her national record stands at 9:12.46 which she clocked in 2025. She also holds the 5000m national record.

Parul had won a 3000m steeplechase silver and 5000m gold in the Hangzhou Asian Games in 2023.

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