CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Report20 Jul 2022. Back at the place where she had become the third-fastest women’s 3000m steeplechaser of all time, Kazakhstan’s Norah Jeruto graduated from world U18 champion to senior world champion, leading a historic race at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22.

Detailed explanation-2: -Avinash Sable (born 13 September 1994) is an Indian track and field athlete who specializes in 3000 metres steeplechase. He holds the national record of 8:11.20, set at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where he won the silver medal. It was the ninth time he had set the national record.

Detailed explanation-3: -Surendra Singh holds the national record in 3000m with a timing of 7:50.31, which he achieved at Twickenham, United Kingdom in 2008. In the women’s category, Suriya Loganathan holds the record with a timing of 9:04.5, achieved in New Delhi in 2016.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jeswin Aldrin won the men’s long jump gold medal at the National Games 2022 with a meet record leap of 8.26m, which also helped him qualify for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.