India's Lalita Babbar shattered the national record within the women's three,000 metre Steeplechase to qualify for the ultimate spherical at the metropolis Olympiad here on Sat.
Lalita finished fourth quickest, duration nine minutes nineteen.76 seconds within the spherical one Heat a pair of at the Olympic structure to finish overall seventh among the fifteen qualifiers. She qualified as a lucky loser, managing to squeeze in among consequent high eight quickest outside the highest 2 of every heat WHO qualified directly.
With the deed, Lalita additionally became the primary Indian lady to qualify for a personal Olympic run final since P.T. Usha did thus in 400m hurdles within the 1984 Games. She had finished fourth within the final.
Meanwhile, another Indian within the fray, Sudha Singh did not qualify for the ultimate spherical when finishing a far off thirtieth within the overall rankings. She clocked nine minutes forty three.29 seconds in spherical one Heat three.
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