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Both the men's and women's hammer throw national records fell on 10 September 2026 at the Indian Athletics Final Series in New Delhi.
Delhi's Nirbhay Choudhary threw 71.02 metres to break the men's national record of 70.73 metres set by Neeraj Kumar in 2016.
Tanya Chaudhary of Uttar Pradesh, aged 22, threw 68.35 metres for the women's national record, winning gold at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium ahead of Anushka Yadav's 66.34 metres.
The prize-money meet was held on the warm-up field outside the main stadium and served as a final competitive outing before the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Nirbhay Choudhary had earlier won a junior national gold in the under-16 hammer throw on 16 October 2020.
A throwing event in which a metal ball attached to a wire and handle is swung and released from within a throwing circle. The distance is measured from the circle to the nearest mark made by the implement where it lands.
Simple Analogy: A sling, spun on the spot and let go.
National governing body for track and field in India; recognises and maintains senior and age-group national records
Organises the Asian Games, the event for which the New Delhi meet served as a final competitive outing
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Field event in which a metal ball on a wire and handle is thrown from a circle; the men's implement weighs 7.26 kg and the women's 4 kg
The best performance recognised within a country under the rules of its national federation - in India, the AFI
A prize-money domestic meet held in New Delhi on 10 September 2026, ahead of the Asian Games