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October 04, 2023

Long-distance runner from UP pips Japanese in last 25m; javelin thrower opens up about pressure & depression

- SWAROOP SWAMINATHAN

#Goldwave: Parul & Rani

THE best long-distance racers know exactly when to time their finishing kick. A 15minute race is reduced to a 20 second sprint to the line. A punishing 12 rounds around the brown mondo track is brought down to the final bend and the home straight. Most of the athletes are happy to keep pace with the leading pack without taking the lead; hovering somewhere in the vicinity before pushing for the line when the end is in sight.

Parul Chaudhary ticked all of those boxes to win a gold for the ages in the women's 5000m on another perfect track and field night inside the cavernous Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. She was second for a point of time in the early stages of the race before preferring to keep a watching brief over the top three.

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