Devyaniba mahendrasin

Unnati Aiyappa Bolland: Maharashtra’s Asian silver medalist, Abha Khatua, hogged the limelight, improving the women’s shot-put record to 18.41m on the second day of the 27th national federation senior athletics competition here on Monday at the Kalinga Stadium here on Monday.

The 28-year-old experienced thrower started the Olympic year with a throw of 17.56m in March in Patiala. On Monday she bettered the national record of 18.06m in her fifth attempt (18.41m).

“I have three more domestic competitions in the coming weeks. I should be able to further improve my performance,” she said after winning gold with a national record in shot put.