Athletics | Deeksha getting better and better

She stuns Chanda for the 1500m gold

K.M. Deeksha has improved her personal best every time she ran the 1500m this year. The 22-year-old from Madhya Pradesh ran another memorable race in the first National under-23 athletics championships, shocking National Open silver medallist K.M. Chanda for the gold, here on Monday.

Deeksha stayed in Chanda’s shadow for a good part before striking on the home stretch. She had opened the year with a personal best 4:36.42s in March and now has brought it down to 4:14.02s, an improvement of 22s over a six-month period.

It was also the second best time by an Indian woman this year, behind Harmilan Bains’ National record 4:05.39s which came in Warangal. Chanda also clocked a PB while taking silver.