National Junior Athletics Championships: Telangana’s Lodenge Ramu, Uttar Pradesh’s Tanu Chaudhary and Chuki Birda of Rajasthan set new marks as four records were erased in track and field events on the second day of the 41st National Junior Athletics Championships 2026 here at Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Saturday.
Telangana’s Lodenge Ramu erased a decade-old national record in the men's U18 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.
Uttar Pradesh’s promising 400m runner Tanu Chaudhary also entered her name in the record books in the women’s U18. She won the gold medal with a time of 53.40 seconds to better the previous meet record of 53.85 seconds clocked by Jisna Mathew in 2015.
