Four records were erased on the second day of the 41st National Junior Athletics Championships 2026 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Saturday, as Telangana's Lodenge Ramu, Uttar Pradesh's Tanu Chaudhary and Rajasthan's Chuki Birda set new marks, IANS reported.

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Telangana's Lodenge Ramu erased a decade-old national record in the men's Under-18 400m. His gold-winning time of 46.80 seconds was better than Chandan Bauri's previous record of 46.99 seconds set in 2015. The meet record of 47.48 seconds was set last year by Sayed Sabeer.

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Uttar Pradesh's Tanu Chaudhary entered the record books in the women's Under-18 400m, winning gold in 53.40 seconds to better the previous meet record of 53.85 seconds clocked by Jisna Mathew in 2015.

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46.80sLodenge Ramu's new men's U18 400m national record, breaking the 2015 mark of 46.99s
53.40sTanu Chaudhary's women's U18 400m meet record
3.91mChuki Birda's new women's U20 pole vault national record
17.86mTharanesh C's new boys U16 shot put national record

Chuki Birda of Rajasthan won gold in the women's Under-20 pole vault with 3.91m, bettering Vanshika Ghanghas's national record of 3.90m set last year; the previous meet record was 3.80m, set by Karthika V. The boys Under-16 shot put national record was also improved by Tamil Nadu's Tharanesh C, whose gold-winning throw of 17.86m bettered Nitesh Kumar's previous mark of 17.42m set in 2024.

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Among the other Day 2 results reported by IANS: Vaibhav Bhardwaj of Uttar Pradesh won the men's U20 400m in 47.45 seconds; Tamil Nadu's Jithin RC took the men's U20 long jump with 7.64m; Punjab's Devansh Jagga won the men's U20 discus throw with 55.35m; Uttar Pradesh's Kartik won the men's U20 hammer throw with 67.54m; and Gujarat's Jakhar Rahul won the men's U20 decathlon with 7,125 points.

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Sources: IANS, October 24, 2026, carried by IANS Live, hi INDiA and The Freedom Press.

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