Tejas Shirse set a new National Record in men’s 110m hurdles during a World Athletics Continental Tour (Challenger level) meeting in Jyvaskyla, Finland on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old Shirse clocked 13.41s to win the final, breaking the previous National Record of 13.48s set by Siddhanth Thingalaya in 2017. Shirse’s record is subject to the usual ratification process.
However, the entry standard in men’s 110m hurdles for Paris Olympics.
In women’s 100m hurdles, Jyothi Yarraji matched her own National Record mark of 12.78s and came first, missing the automatic qualification for the Summer Games by one hundredth of a second.